Note 11 — Chapter XXXII · THE SWAY OF BRIBERY AND “HONEST GRAFT” 1903-1905
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In an effective article in McClure’s Magazine, Mr. Ray Stannard Baker showed how one of these big companies bribed walking delegates to declare strikes on buildings being put up by rival contractors in order that it—the briber—might be able to get a reputation for building within contract time, and thus exclude competitors from getting further contracts.