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. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...old business. There seems to exist among the brewers an extensive system of exploitation of the Slav saloonkeepers, by which the latter are required to pay a certain percentage to the brewers for securing the license. But the brewers are not the only exploiters of the Slav races. In every county and every city ...
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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. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...old business. There seems to exist among the brewers an extensive system of exploitation of the Slav saloonkeepers, by which the latter are required to pay a certain percentage to the brewers for securing the license. But the brewers are not the only exploiters of the Slav races. In every county and every city and mining town within the anthracite region there are many representatives of the pettifogging, or " shyster," lawyer. Through their malign activity counter-suits by the scores are continually being brought among the foreigners. These men make use of the courts and other legal instruments at every turn to advance their own selfish ends. One prominent lawyer and official of one of the counties says that this is indeed a serious and a growing evil. Through it he accounts for more than half the cases that each term are brought before the courts--cases which are so trivial that they never should have gone beyond the magistrates, and in many cases should not have reached even that lower court. Unfortunately, the magistrate is often an ally of the disreputable lawyer in exploiting the Slav, who is at the mercy of justices of the peace, constables, and other minor officials. In Hazleton not long ago a " foreigner," arrested for assault and battery, was fined forty-eight dollars, and when a mine superintendent advised him to ask for a receipt, the magistrate for sole reply kicked the Slav downstairs. The sequel is instructive: When a few days later the same Slav fought again, the former victim went to the same magistrate for a warrant, because, as he explained, it was the other fellow who was to be fined this time! All these are but mere details. Illustrations of other dangerous tendencies, just as clear and distinct, could be...
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