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Periods in the introduction of automatic bottle machines, 541. — A. The Introduction of the Owens Machine: I. The rate of introduction, 542. — The potential and actual displacement, 543. — II. Causes of delay in the supersession of the older processes, 545. — III. The machine policy of the Glass Bottle Blowers, 548. — IV. Effect of the machine on conditions of labor, 559. — B. The Introduction of Flow and Feed Devices: The rate of introduction, 564. — The policy of the union, 565. — Effect on conditions of labor, 568. — Conclusion.

Stages in the introduction of machinery for the manufacture of glass bottles, 337. — I. The technical character of the semi-automatic machine, 339. — II. The rate of introduction, 341. — The potential displacement involved, 341. — The actual displacement, 342. — III. The jurisdiction of the unions concerned, 344. — The opposition of the Flint Glass Workers to the introduction of the machine, 345. — The jurisdictional conflict between the Glass Bottle Blowers and the Flint Glass Workers, 348. — IV. The machine policy of the Glass Bottle Blowers, 351. — V. Effect of the machine on wages and hours of labor, 353. — Estimate of the validity of the policy of the Glass Bottle Blowers, 356.

Journal Article The Conjuncture Institute at Moscow Get access N. D. Kondratieff N. D. Kondratieff Moscow, Russia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 39, Issue 2, February 1925, Pages 320–324, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884878 Published: 01 February 1925

The theory that business profits, in the long run, tend towards equality between different industries is qualified by the admission that, at any given time, variations exist. Such variations in 108 industries are examined for the year 1917. — I. Source of the data: Treasury tax returns for 26, 477 corporations, 242. — II. Variation in the earnings of these different industries and trades, and in eleven major groups of industries into which they fall, 243. — III. Range between individual firms within given industries and groups, 253. — IV. Variations in the average invested capitals per corporation, 259. — V. Earnings of the largest corporations, 261. — VI. Effect of taxation on profits. Summary, 264.

Chronological table by states of the foundation of cotton factories. Comparison with contemporary statistics, 453. — Accuracy of the dates, 456. — Omission of defunct factories from the table, 458. — Chronological table by states of textile companies incorporated, 460. — Inferences from the tables. Importance of the period of the war of 1812, 463. — Relation of factory establishments to tariff legislation, 468.

Soldier Land Settlement in Canada Get access E. J. Ashton, D.S.O. E. J. Ashton, D.S.O. Soldier Settlement Board, Ottawa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 39, Issue 3, May 1925, Pages 488–498, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882442 Published: 01 May 1925

I. Introduction. — II. Analyses of post-war monetary experience. The purchasing-power-parity approach: Keynes, 268.—III. The foreign-exchange approach: Nogaro, 275; Nogaro's criticisms of Cassel's doctrine, 277. — IV. The approach through the budget situation: Rist, 280; further conclusions, 284. — V. Future monetary policies: Cassel, 286; Keynes, 287; Nogaro and Rist, 291.—VI. Conclusions. The data inconclusive; interpretation a matter of individual choice, 293. Monetary reconstruction: budget equilibrium; devaluation; return to the unregulated gold standard, 298.

Spread of taxes on unimproved land in the States and in the Commonwealth from 1884 to 1910. — Three chief aims: revenue, tapping the unearned increment, breaking up of big estates, 411. — The last-named the chief aim of the Federal tax, 415. — Extent and importance of the big estates, 415. — The Federal land tax of 1910, 421. — The battles in the law courts, 424. — The problem of valuation, 428. — No spectacular results: some redistribution of land, 434. — Absentee landowners reduced their holdings about one half, 437. — Who bought, 440. — The problem of finding land for new settlers almost as difficult as ever, 447.

Journal Article Professor Knight on Psychology Get access Morris A. Copeland Morris A. Copeland Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 40, Issue 1, November 1925, Pages 134–151, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885818 Published: 01 November 1925