SWINDLING OFFICIALS.
Corruption in the United States.
A remarkable feature revealed by the report on the United States Postal scandals, is the fact that although the Government was swindled out of vast sums through the collusion of officials with contractors and the purchase of unnecessary supplies, the corrupt employes sold themselved cheaply, receiving in all less than i>Bo.ooo in ten years. In one instance a " get rich quick" concern, which swindled the public out of J6600.000, bought immunity from the prosecution for violation of the postal laws for the ridiculous sum of £1200.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7683, 5 February 1904, Page 7
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93SWINDLING OFFICIALS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7683, 5 February 1904, Page 7
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