Bristow's Editorials That Caused Such a Stir in Kansas

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Excerpt from Bristow's Editorials That Caused Such a Stir in Kansas: Was He Right?You know, or ought to know, that at hearings of the house and senate committees charges have been made that contractors are being paid by a per cent of the cost for construction of army cantonments. That 'these contractors were paying $7 a day for labor that could be obtained for $4. That they were paying excessive prices for materials, thereby in¿ating the cost of the work, so as to get a larger commission for construction.You know, or ought to know, that it is openly alleged that such methods and blunderings have resulted inian increase in the estimated cost of the construction of these cantonments.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.