Index
281
Economists’ opinions of Prohibi- Federal tax on capital gains,
tion, 177-8 37-41, 248
Edison, T. A., 7, 125-6 Federal Trade Commission, 111
Edison Company stock split, de- Feldman, Herman, 175, 176
cision on, 37 Financial Crises (Burton), 259
Electric power; productivity per Fisher, Irving, his forecast of
unit increased, 131, 132; effect decline, xv
on American life, 133-4 Tord, Henry, 25-6, 115, 116
Employees’ insurance, 169-71 “oreign stock exchanges, 18-20,
Employment levels after the 230, 231; crash starting in
panic, 22 London, 20; liquidation in
Engineering: applied to indus- New York, 31-2; artificial
try, 142-56; in Europe, 144; “floor” of prices, 245-6
length of time needed to get Frank, Glenn, 133
results, 146; diagnosing diffi- Frey, John P.. 160
culties, 147; improving plant
layout, 148-50; factory plan-
ning for the future, 150-3;
charts for executives, 153-4;
benefits of scientific manage-
ment, 154-6
Engineering, “human,” to im-
prove welfare of workers,
169-70
Equitable Trust Co., New York
City, 213
Equity securities, preponderance
of, 1928-9, 211
Ernst & Ernst, 69, 74
Exports, decline in, 60
Express company consolidation,
tof
Gantt, H. L., 142
General Electric, 116
General Motors, 116, 210
Gibbs, J. Willard, 120
Gilbert, Joseph E., 179
Glass, Carter, xi, xxi
Gold: exports to Europe, 226-7,
264; reserve threatened, 191
4; withdrawals, 49-50
Grace, Eugene G., 172-3
Grand Trunk Western R. R.,
164
Great Food Problem and Its
Solution (Willcox), 138
Green, William, x57, 158. 160.
195
Group insurance for emvloyees,
170-X
Guaranty Trust, 6, 15
Hadley, Arthur Twining, 113,
116
Hastings, New York State Sen-
ator, xi
Hatry failure, London, 4, 31, 230
Hazlewood, Craig B., xxi, 41
“Held” stocks increase in value
of, xix
Holding companies, 214, 217
Failures in business, 1923-7, 75
Federal Reserve Act, xx, III,
232; Board, xx, 113, 186, 188,
230, 232ff., 264-5; System, 21,
42, 50, 189, 240; advance in
rediscount rates, 1, 15, 18,
44-5; indexes of industrial
production, 121; influence on
dollar stability, 186-91; ad-
viser to banks and business,
190; rediscount brokers’ loans,
220-1