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... contract after public notice inviting proposals ; that for application in exceptional cases they should have discretion as to the manner of executing public works . The existing law , section 5 of " An act providing a permanent form of ...
... contract after public notice inviting proposals ; that for application in exceptional cases they should have discretion as to the manner of executing public works . The existing law , section 5 of " An act providing a permanent form of ...
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... contract system as applied to public works has continued to exist in this country despite the examples constantly afforded to prove its wastefulness and its demoralizing character . This persistency of a vicious system may be accounted ...
... contract system as applied to public works has continued to exist in this country despite the examples constantly afforded to prove its wastefulness and its demoralizing character . This persistency of a vicious system may be accounted ...
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... CONTRACT SYSTEM ENCOURAGES FRAUD . If they are led to believe that the contract system is conducive to fraud , with all its demoralizing effects upon public and private life , and that it lowers the standard of living among working ...
... CONTRACT SYSTEM ENCOURAGES FRAUD . If they are led to believe that the contract system is conducive to fraud , with all its demoralizing effects upon public and private life , and that it lowers the standard of living among working ...
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... contract for £ 871,000 . The total estimates for these 170 different works of every kind , varying in magnitude from £ 15 to £ 38,256 , amounted to £ 231,439 . The aggregate of the lowest tenders for the same specifica- tions was ...
... contract for £ 871,000 . The total estimates for these 170 different works of every kind , varying in magnitude from £ 15 to £ 38,256 , amounted to £ 231,439 . The aggregate of the lowest tenders for the same specifica- tions was ...
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... contract , a protest was sent to Congress by Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 , which stated so forcibly what the people had gained by the abandonment of the contract system in one line of the public service that no apology is ...
... contract , a protest was sent to Congress by Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 , which stated so forcibly what the people had gained by the abandonment of the contract system in one line of the public service that no apology is ...
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