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THURSDAY, JA N U A RY 17, 10S3 T he AMERICAN, CENTRAL PO IN T. OidCOON PA G E T H R E E 1 i costs w ould re d u c e h is m o n ey in- t a r i f f s a s a m e u a s of p r o t e c t i n g th e day in t h e m a r k e t s a n d n e v e r be ery bonded h ig h w a y , s t r e e t a n d al- com e a n d t h e p u r c h a s i n g p o w e r of A m erican m a r k e t fr o m a v a s t in- locked up. As s t a t e d b e fo re in th is ley in t h e n ation become« a to ll th is m o n e y In co m e w o u ld als o be creas e in im p o r t s of c h e a p e r for- c o lu m n . Uncle S a m h a s no c i r c u l a - ; road. L ik e w ise e v e ry b o n d e d sew- c u r t a il e d as a r e s u l t of t h e ris in g eign good s; a n d as a p r a c t ic a l m at- tin g d o ll a r s of his ow u. T h e y all er, c h u rc h , sch o o l h o u se, c o u r t h o u s e level of price«. t e r all ch an ce of e f f e c tin g a n y ad- belo n g to t h e b a n k e rs . T h e y c a rr y a n d Jail Is a to ll r o a d ; a n d t h e n I" C o n ti n u e d fr o m la s t w eek s t u d y w h ich th e B ro o k in g Institu- I t sh o u ld a ls o be p o in te d o u t t h a t j u s t m e u t of t a r i f f r a t e s by n e g o t i a - . Uncle S a m 's b r a n d , b u t t h a t is done t h e c o u r s e of h u m a n e v e n ts we co m M e now t u r n fr o m t h e s e lon g er- tlo n h a s m a d e of t h e e ff e c t of wage c e r t a i n t y p e s of in d u s t r i e s w o u ld be tion w ould be gone. In a n y case fo r t h e b a n k e r s ' p ro t e c ti o n , a n d in face to face w ith t h e fin a l p ro b le m r u n c o n s i d e r a t io n s to th e r e l a ti o n o f in c r e a s e s u p o n prices sin ce t h e es- a d v e rs e ly a ff e c te d . R e g u la t e d in- th e rise In costs a n d prices w ould in- th is way t h e b a n k e r s ow n a ll t h e Man o r M am m o n. A t t h i s critic a l th e t h i r t y - h o u r w eek to t h e p ro b le m ta b l i s h m e n t of t h e code« sh o w s t h a t d u s t r ie s such a s th e r a i l r o a d s a n d c re a s e t h e d if fic u ltie s o f A m e ri c a n d o ll a rs a n d a ll o t h e r c r e d i t s u s e d to s t a g e T o w n s e n d 's c r u s a d e r s f o r old p r e s e n te d by th e d e p re s s io n itself, t h e p rices of m a n u f a c t u r e d comrao- public u tilité s , w o u ld be u n a b le m a n u f a c t u r e r s in f in d in g o u tl e ts c a r r y on th e b u s i n e s s e x c h a n g e s of a g e rev o lv in g re co v ery pensions W e m u s t c o n sid e r f i r s t t h e d e s ira - d itie s a n d t h e w ag e r a t e s of t h e la q u ic k ly to a d v a n c e p rices a s w ag e a b ro a d . Such a policy w o u ld t h u s t h e n a tio n . 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S ince th o s e t o be ro u g t y a com raen u r a e nc ' p r o g r a m in g e n e ra l. W o u ld it sup- a n y y e t e n c o u n te r e d . ¡t h a t calls for i n t e r e s t to lls a t t h e th e m o n s t e r r a k e - o f f s t a k e n by th< in to s h a r e th e w o rk of t h o s e now P rices ° m .m u a< u re ‘ p lem en t o t h e r policies now b ein g In s u m m a r y , t h i s a n a ly s is of t h e r a t e of $500 p e r m ile a n n u a ll y . 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