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June 6, 1893
The Weekly Register
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Commentary on star route mail contractors profiting through swindling sub-contractors, predicting their downfall when workers demand fair pay for labor in the vicinity.
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Some of the star route mail contractors who for years have been growing rich off the labor of sub-contractors are coming to grief. Their only means of securing profit was by swindling the sub-contractor. The profit when there is any should go to the man who does the work. When people learn to refuse these jobs unless paid for at their real value, the star route rs will be out of employment. Nearly all the routes in this vicinity are sublet and we do not know of a single one on which the man who does the work gets over half pay for his labor.
What sub-type of article is it?
Deception Fraud
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Crime Punishment
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Star Route
Mail Contractors
Sub Contractors
Swindling
Labor Exploitation
Fair Pay
Where did it happen?
This Vicinity
Story Details
Location
This Vicinity
Story Details
Star route mail contractors grow rich by swindling sub-contractors, who receive less than half pay; contractors face grief as sub-contractors may refuse underpaid jobs, leading to unemployment.