Mass And Span Classsearchtermclassspan a Survey of Social Divisions
Mass And Span Classsearchtermclassspan a Survey of Social Divisions
William J William James Ghent
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One of the worst forms of petty graft, which was just developing into an established business in New York City when the state unkindly intervened, was the " fake " instalment trade. ' The matter has been made the subject of a careful study and an excellent report 2 by Mr. Henry R. Mussey, now an instructor in political economy in Columbia University. This graft was practised principally on the poor and igno- rant Italians of the East Side. A watch or a bit of jewellery would be delivered to the... victim on his making a small cash payment and sign- ing a contract to pay in instalments a sum three 1 Jocelyn Lewis, article on " An Educated Wage-earner, " Atlantic Monthly, January, 1904. 2 Published by the University Settlement Society, New York 209 MASS AND CLASS or four times what the article was really worth. The contract would often afterward be altered in any way suiting the convenience or the fancy of the dealer. On a default in payment, the buyer would be summoned to court, and on his failure to appear, a body execution would be issued against him, and a squad of mercenaries, including a city marshal, would descend upon him and compel him or his friends and relatives to disgorge the full amount named in the con- tract, with legal costs added.
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