Word: extortionate
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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President Eliot speaking before the Seminary of Economics on "The Chinese Clerk, Salesman, Mechanic and Coolie" yesterday afternoon, described the character and present economic status of the masses of the Chinese race. As a result of the insecurity of property due to the extortion hitherto practiced on the rich by...