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Pace Student, Vol.2 No. 2, January, 1917, Pace & Pace

The Pace Student

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Modern Accounting, Its Principles And Some Of Its Problems, Henry Rand Hatfield

Individual and Corporate Publications

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Rules Governing The Classification Of Telephone Employees: Effective As Of July 1, 1917, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

Federal Publications

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Uniform Contracts And Cost Accounting Definitions And Methods: Recommendations By Interdepartmental Conference Consisting Of Delegates From The Departments Of War, Navy, And Commerce, The Federal Trade Commission, And The Council Of National Defense. July, 1917., United States. Department Of Commerce.

Federal Publications

These recommendations are intended to suggest to contracting officers some of the broad legal and equitable points involved in war contracts, and to express the preference of the conference for a straight purchase-and-sale contract at a fixed price, since it is simpler in terms, easier to work under, and generally speaking, productive of better and quicker results. The British Government, after several years' experience, has discarded the cost-plus contract plan and adopted the straight purchase-and-sale contract in every instance possible. It is not proposed to go into the large question of policy involved in attempting to prevent demoralization of markets …

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Interpretations Of Accounting Classifications Embodied In The Uniform System Of Accounts For Express Companies, United States. Securities And Exchange Commission

Federal Publications

It is further ordered, That the accounting methods directed in the interpretations contained in the said Accounting Bulletin No. 13 be, and they are hereby, prescribed for the use of express companies subject to the provisions of the Act to Regulate Commerce, as amended, in the keeping and recording of their accounts. It is further ordered, That January 1, 1917, be, and it is hereby, fixed as the date on which the said Accounting Bulletin No. 13 shall become effective.

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System Of Accounts For Cotton Warehouses, Roy L. Newton, John R. Humphrey, United States. Department Of Agriculture

Federal Publications

The warehouse receives cotton for the account of another party, provides the owner with a proper place for conserving his product, and gives its receipt as evidence that the cotton has been stored. Upon the integrity and financial standing of the warehouse which issues this receipt depends the value of the receipt, and it should be the desire and aim of every warehouseman to give his receipt its utmost value. The efficiency of a cotton warehouse depends in a very large degree upon its methods of keeping accounts and records of its transactions. The general use of a simple, concise …

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Cost Accounting For Oil Producers, Clarence Grover Smith, United States. Bureau Of Mines

Federal Publications

Prior to the actual development of an oil property it is difficult to determine the quantity of oil under the property and the rate at which this oil can be brought to the surface factors that determine the ultimate value of the property. Consequently, there has been much confusion in devising accounting systems that, during the entire life of a property, will show costs and profits from which the producer can determine whether his property is being worked at a profit or otherwise. The Bureau of Mines publishes this report in recognition of a distinct need for a simple treatise …

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Interpretations Of Accounting Classifications Embodied In The Uniform System Of Accounts For Electric Railways, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

Federal Publications

This accounting bulletin contains the interpretations of the classifications embodied in the Uniform System of Accounts for Electric Railways as they appeared in Accounting Bulletin No. 9, effective July 1, 1915, together with the interpretations which have been made since that date. It seems desirable to bring the latter-mentioned interpretations to the attention of accounting officers, and, for convenience, all interpretations made to date are included in this bulletin, which now supersedes Bulletin No. 9.

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Partnership Agreement, Nau, Rusk & Swearingen, Carl H. Nau, Charles L. Swearingen, Stephen G. Rusk

Individual and Corporate Publications

Whereas, Carl H. Nau, Stephen G. Rusk and Charles L. Swearingen have been for many years associated as partners under the firm name and style of NAU, RUSK & SWEARINGEN in the general practice of public accounting and have so conducted their business that a goodwill of great value has accrued thereto, and whereas, the said partners desire to provide for the indefinite continuance of said business under the aforesaid firm name through survivors and successors to the end that the goodwill thereof may be preserved, and whereas, the said partners further desire to so organize said business that competent …

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