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1. Recommendations for Advisory Board- April 23,__19HL
2. Invitation to Attend meeting April 29, 1921 - at 2.30
3. S'. T. Hiller Building - April 29, 1921
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July 13, 1921 and July 18, 1921 Herbert Hoover Arthur B. Farquhar Mentions high wages, freight rates, and tariff rates as causes of the current depression. Also blames low produc tivity of workers. Tariffs should be for revenue not protection. (Letter of July 18 quotes Ernest T. Trigg on high wage demands in Philadelphia.) ,
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Praises Hoover's address -to -the National Shoe and Leather Exposition (bible no. 162).
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August 1, 1921 Herbert Hoover Farquhar, Arthur B, Repeats his assertion (in letters of July 13 & 18) that low productivity and high wages are at fault for depression* Encloses letter (July 29) he has received from Ernest T. Trigg. Trigg says Hoover's concern to loosen up money held in the
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savings and loan institutions is a minor consideration. The important thing is to reduce wages and cost of build ing materials. Agrees that a uniform building code, is a good idea, but wages are the main problem.
Another set of similar letters from Farquhar and Trigg are filed August 6, 1921.
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