Annual Statement of the Trade and Commerce of St. Louis

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R.P. Studley & Company, 1916
 

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Page 60 - According to a preliminary announcement with reference to mortality in 1914, issued by Director Sam. L. Rogers, of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, and compiled by Mr. Richard C. Lappin, chief statistician for vital statistics, more than 30 per cent of the 898,059 deaths reported for that year in the "registration area...
Page 30 - On the Report of the Special Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America on Trust Legislation in Regard to the Proposal to Create an Inter-State Trade Commission.
Page 13 - Allegheny mountains, the inland spread would, very lagrely at least, be restricted to the area lying between the eastern slope of these mountains and the coast, thus leaving the whole area to the west to be occupied by the northward tide of migration instead of that from the east. East of the Mississippi River and south of the Ohio River, the country is more heavily timbered and the prairies are lacking, so that forest fires would here take the place of prairie fires ; but in the Southern States...
Page 60 - In that for 1909, statistics were not collected for establishments having products for the census year valued at less than $500, except that reports were taken for establishments idle during a portion of the census year, or which began operation during that year, and whose products for such reason were valued at less than .$500. The word
Page 60 - The figures are preliminary and subject to such change and correction as may be found necessary from a further examination of the original reports. The...
Page 32 - Exchange, favoring the Report of the Special Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States on National Defense, as outlined in Referendum Number 15. OKLAHOMA GRAIN DEALERS
Page 31 - Exchange, to the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Grain Dealers' Association, at Decatur, Illinois, May 9th and 10th. REFERENDUM NUMBER THIRTEEN. APRIL Птн. — The Board of Directors voted to approve the report of the Special Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, on the Maintenance of Resale Prices, as provided for in Referendum No.
Page 62 - The value added by manufacture represents the difference between the cost of materials used and the value of the products manufactured from them.
Page 13 - Petroleum and its products are consumed generally throughout the country, but the greatest consumption is in the States east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers.
Page 61 - ... invested in the business, but excludes the value of rented property, plant, or equipment which was employed in the conduct of manufacturing enterprises. In the final bulletins and reports the rental paid for such property will be shown separately.

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