The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 32Charles Franklin Dunbar, Frank William Taussig, Abbott Payson Usher, Alvin Harvey Hansen, William Leonard Crum, Edward Chamberlin, Arthur Eli Monroe Harvard University, 1918 - Economics Edited at Harvard University's Department of Economics, this journal covers all aspects of the field -- from the journal's traditional emphasis on microtheory, to both empirical and theoretical macroeconomics. |
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Page 263 - It being the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law.
Page 140 - For the adjustment and control of wages, hours and conditions of labor in the construction of cantonments, there shall be created an adjustment commission of three persons, appointed by the Secretary of War; one to represent the Army...
Page 139 - Paperhangers of America International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers International Association of Machinists International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers...
Page 695 - WAR ADMINISTRATION OF THE RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN, by Frank H.
Page 293 - ... conduce to the greater harmony of their relations as employers and employees, will be to their mutual advantage ; therefore, be it Resolved, That this committee of conference endorse the principle of arbitration in the settlement of trade disputes, and recommend the same for adoption by the members of the National Founders' Association and the Iron Molders...
Page 124 - In the event of any dispute with reference to wages, hours, or other conditions appertaining to said work, between the Contractor or any sub-contractor and labor employed by him on said work, the Contractor or subcontractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer of the existence of such dispute and the reasons therefor. The Contracting Officer may, at his option, instruct the Contractor or sub-contractor involved in such dispute as to the method or steps which the Contractor or sub-contractor...
Page 140 - As basic standards with reference to each cantonment, such commission shall use the union scale of wages, hours, and conditions in force on June 1, 1917, in the locality where such cantonment is situated. Consideration shall be given to special circumstances, if any, arising after said date which may require particular advances in wages or changes in other standards. Adjustments of wages, hours, or conditions made by such boards are to be treated as binding by all parties. NEWTON D. BAKER. SAMUEL...
Page 28 - Actual cash paid in, (2) the actual cash value of tangible property paid in other than cash, for stock or shares in such corporation or partnership, at the time of such payment (but in case such tangible property was paid in prior to January...
Page 60 - This fact gives it, as I think, a real advantage, because it brings us at once into relation with volition — an ultimate cause of demand — instead of with something that seems at first sight accidental and arbitrary.
Page 178 - Taxes shall be levied and collected for public purposes only and shall be uniform upon all property of the same class subject to taxation within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax; and all taxes shall be levied and collected by general laws. The General Assembly shall have power to divide property into classes and to determine what class or classes of property shall be subject to local taxation.