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Page 17
... supply and demand are permitted to take care of themselves . You will have taught a self- reliant community to look for its prosperity to the State , instead of to its own unassisted energy and skill . Against the improved happiness ...
... supply and demand are permitted to take care of themselves . You will have taught a self- reliant community to look for its prosperity to the State , instead of to its own unassisted energy and skill . Against the improved happiness ...
Page 30
... supply ad- dressed to meet a pressing demand for effective transpor- tation . In days of so - called " inflation , " which perhaps might better be described as periods of irrepressible speculative restlessness , there was a general ...
... supply ad- dressed to meet a pressing demand for effective transpor- tation . In days of so - called " inflation , " which perhaps might better be described as periods of irrepressible speculative restlessness , there was a general ...
Page 79
... demand creates supply . It is some- times worth bearing in mind that supply in turn creates demand . A sound railroad administration , and the effec- tive service incident thereto , attracts to itself fresh accre- tions of business ...
... demand creates supply . It is some- times worth bearing in mind that supply in turn creates demand . A sound railroad administration , and the effec- tive service incident thereto , attracts to itself fresh accre- tions of business ...
Page 86
... supply and demand ; and it is difficult to see why transportation - considered as a commodity— should be exempted from the rule , except in cases where it becomes part of an organized national service , like the Post - office or the ...
... supply and demand ; and it is difficult to see why transportation - considered as a commodity— should be exempted from the rule , except in cases where it becomes part of an organized national service , like the Post - office or the ...
Page 131
... demand in Europe for imported food . It follows that the period which covers ... demand which will exist during the relatively inactive months of the year . If ... supply a liberal share of the necessaries of life , which were for- merly ...
... demand in Europe for imported food . It follows that the period which covers ... demand which will exist during the relatively inactive months of the year . If ... supply a liberal share of the necessaries of life , which were for- merly ...
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