This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... for repairs and the actual depreciation? How were the allowances made by the Board arrived at? See Source Book. 6. A certain street railway company possessing a perpetual franchise, devoted enough of its gross earnings to upkeep so that its plant was maintained in perfect repair and was continually improved ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... for repairs and the actual depreciation? How were the allowances made by the Board arrived at? See Source Book. 6. A certain street railway company possessing a perpetual franchise, devoted enough of its gross earnings to upkeep so that its plant was maintained in perfect repair and was continually improved by the adoption of new types of machinery and equipment to replace the old. In addition the company set aside a depreciation fund sufficient to replace the entire plant at the end of twenty years. Because of the perpetual franchise, the street railway's right to continue doing business was unquestioned. Was the setting aside of a depreciation fund required by good business principles in this case? 7. Criticize the statement that, in an economic sense, land is a " fixed stock for all time." CHAPTER 12 THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTIONALITY References. The problem discussed in this chapter is that of the best relation of different factors at a certain time, a "static" problem (as that term is explained in Chapter 32). It has, however, been discussed in the past in connection with, and under the same name as, the "dynamic" changes in the general productiveness of labor that go with a changing environment. The older writings, therefore, usually involve this confusion and are of value only to the special student of doctrine. The most notable of the modern criticisms pointing out the existing confusion, was given by Commons, J. R., The distribution of wealth, 1893, pp. 116-159, on diminishing returns and rent. Questions. 1. Is it possible to do twice the amount of business in any storeroom by doubling the stock and the force of clerks? 2. Is it possible to expand a university indefinitely by increasing the force of teachers and the equipment, without...
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