Productivity era described by economists
New York reports a National Bureau of Economic Research study led by Frederick C. Mills outlines major shifts in America's economy from 1922 to 1929. It highlights faster labor productivity, reduced unemployment displacement, and a pivot toward durable goods, amid rising exports and low raw material prices.
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New York
America
National Bureau of Economic Research
Frederick C. Mills
Bureau
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dr. Mills
Mills
Economic Struggles Abroad Hit Farm Prices on Trade Board
The excerpt notes that national defense value ties to air and underwater strength, while farmers bear burdens amid a falling British pound and dropping wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade as world prices shift under wartime pressures.
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United States
Chicago Board of Trade
Modern Decline and Ancient Echoes Across Nations
A sprawling column notes economic woes with sterling and dollars, ponders a too sound currency, and rails at crime myths. It surveys ancient bones from Otterdall County Minnesota, a 50 million year old fossil cat, and a 20,000 year old Mongolian ape in glacial waters. It cites Clinton W. Gilbert predicting a national defense department, contrasts airpower claims, and reveals Henri Mouquin aged 97 issuing a new wine list while recalling days serving Charles A. Dana.
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Otterdall
Minnesota
Henri Mouquin
Ann
Fulton Streets
New York
Mr. Mouquin
Charles A. Dana
Dana
Mouquin
U S Beverage Lobbying Will Halt Imports
U P report notes American beer and wine industries organizing to keep out foreign products if prohibition is modified. Wine interests push for modification to allow beverages made from American agricultural products only. Levi Cooke leads beer lobbying. concerns over German and Czecho-Slovakian imports. California wine pool holds three years of supply amid rival foreign flood fears. Court House Smoke and Puerto Cabello note appear as brief nonrelated items.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
U.P
California
Levi Cooke
New York
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Department of Defense
William Mitchell
Uuse
U.S
Capitol Hill
Mabel Walker Wille
Court House
Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
Adies
News-Globe
Libby
Royal Gelatine
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Campbell’s
West Tenth
Tenth and
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POLK
Brown
Berwick Bay
Pinkney’s
Piggly Wiggly
B & M Cleaners & Dyers
16Th Avenue
Tyler St
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