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Through Pullman's personal efforts , orders were obtained in a keenly competitive market , and , with the aid of lower labor costs , production was gradually raised to the normal level . The company insisted that these new orders were ...
Through Pullman's personal efforts , orders were obtained in a keenly competitive market , and , with the aid of lower labor costs , production was gradually raised to the normal level . The company insisted that these new orders were ...
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small margin above operating costs ; that labor represents 50 to 60 per cent . of these costs ; that a slaughterhouse operator paying lower wages or reducing his cost by exacting long hours of work , translates his saving into lower ...
small margin above operating costs ; that labor represents 50 to 60 per cent . of these costs ; that a slaughterhouse operator paying lower wages or reducing his cost by exacting long hours of work , translates his saving into lower ...
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The survey indicated , however , that food costs were " not out of line with prices in comparable near - by cities . ... Roosevelt after John L. Lewis , president of the United Mine Workers , had declared that the cost of livD. 1.
The survey indicated , however , that food costs were " not out of line with prices in comparable near - by cities . ... Roosevelt after John L. Lewis , president of the United Mine Workers , had declared that the cost of livD. 1.
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Contents
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GOVERNMENT AND THE ECON | 3 |
Efforts at Arbitration | 4 |
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| Title | Government and the American economy, 1870-present Volume 2 of Select Problems in Historical Interpretation, Thomas G. Manning |
| Authors | David Morris Potter, Thomas G. Manning |
| Publisher | Holt, 1949 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 Mar 2017 |
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