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Best general references: Nation, March 5th, 1885 and August 4th, 1887; Princeton Review...
...From Moral Standpoint., (a) Unremunerative labor is demoralizing.- U. S. Report, 1886, p. 311. (b) The contract system is eminently humane-Nation, August 4th 1887. (c) The constant employment of the convicts by the contract system has proved a great advantage in reforming the lives of prisoners...
...measures suggested are vague and impracticable, e. g. Powderley's and Smith's suggestions; Powderly in North American Review for August, 1888; "A Menacing Irruption;" Nation, Vol XLV, pp. 108, 518; New York Post Dec. 24, 1887. (b) The present law on contract labor is easily evaded...
...President Cleveland's civil service pledges have not been fulfilled.- Letters of Grover Cleveland, dated August 18, 1884, Dec. 25, 1884, Sept. 11, 1885, and Dec. 8, 1885; inaugural address, March 4, 1885 (in the daily press); speech of Senator Hale, Jan. 11, 1888. (in the Congressional Record...
...store will remain open for business until August 8. All books owned by the society at cost from June 18 to commencement. Orders for other books filled at usual rates. Backs may be ordered now, to be paid for Sept. 27. Second-hand books will not be put on sale before November unless sent in before commencement...