New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World's Progress1921 |
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... supply the food of the people and are to a considerable extent ex- ported . The raising of sheep is very impor- tant ... supplies the chief meat diet and abundant grease which is used as a substitute for butter , while the wool and skin ...
... supply the food of the people and are to a considerable extent ex- ported . The raising of sheep is very impor- tant ... supplies the chief meat diet and abundant grease which is used as a substitute for butter , while the wool and skin ...
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... supplies , together with the inade- quate supply of properly trained men and women , prevented expansion of the work , though the available funds were considerably increased as compared with those of the previous year . Special ...
... supplies , together with the inade- quate supply of properly trained men and women , prevented expansion of the work , though the available funds were considerably increased as compared with those of the previous year . Special ...
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... supply being approxi- mately 37 per cent short , and wages rose to a point which was appalling to farmers . This with the continued high cost of fertilizers , machinery , and supplies , all of which had greatly increased since 1914 ...
... supply being approxi- mately 37 per cent short , and wages rose to a point which was appalling to farmers . This with the continued high cost of fertilizers , machinery , and supplies , all of which had greatly increased since 1914 ...
Page 21
... supply and demand for wheat , the par- tial recovery of European agriculture , and the lack of buying power and decreased consumption in European countries . The complaint that speculators were respon- sible for the decline was borne ...
... supply and demand for wheat , the par- tial recovery of European agriculture , and the lack of buying power and decreased consumption in European countries . The complaint that speculators were respon- sible for the decline was borne ...
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... supply . Before the war the popu lation was increasing at the rate of approxi- mately 50 per cent every 20 years and wheat pro- duction was keeping up that rate of increase un- til after 1910 , reaching its maximum in the five- year ...
... supply . Before the war the popu lation was increasing at the rate of approxi- mately 50 per cent every 20 years and wheat pro- duction was keeping up that rate of increase un- til after 1910 , reaching its maximum in the five- year ...
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Page 366 - The duties of the War Department General Staff shall be to prepare plans for national defense and the use of the military forces for that purpose, both separately and in conjunction with the naval forces, and for the mobilization of the manhood of the Nation and its material resources in an emergency...
Page 366 - War, the Assistant Secretary of War, under the direction of the Secretary of War, shall be charged with supervision of the procurement of all military supplies and other business of the War Department pertaining thereto and the assurance of adequate provision for the mobilization of materiel and industrial organizations essential to wartime needs.
Page 32 - Tennessee. The bauxite from all localities in the United States, though it may vary in chemical composition, is on the whole similar in general appearance, with the exception of the " granitic bauxite
Page 347 - I ; peeping through window at woman, 1 ; insisting on voting, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows : Alabama, 7 ; Arkansas, 1 ; California, 3 ; Florida, 7 ; Georgia, 9 ; Illinois...
Page 366 - Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparation for military operations; to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other superior commanders, and to...
Page 366 - The Organized peace establishment, including the Regular Army, the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, shall include all of those divisions and other military organizations necessary to form the basis for a complete and immediate mobilization for the national defense in the event of a national emergency declared by Congress.
Page 307 - This International Congress of Women expresses its deep regret that the terms of peace proposed at Versailles should so seriously violate the principles upon which alone a just and lasting peace can be secured, and which the democracies of the world had come to accept.
Page 152 - States should become a member of this union. To do so, however, would require not only the abrogation of the typesetting clause, so far as foreign books are concerned, but the abolition as well of the necessity for deposit of copies and registration. American...
Page 366 - The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain, upon military reservations or elsewhere, schools or camps for the military instruction and training, with a view to their appointment as reserve officers...
Page 367 - When Congress shall have authorized the use of the armed land forces of the United States, for any purpose requiring the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Army...