Report to the Honourable the Postmaster General

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Excerpt from Report to the Honourable the Postmaster General: Of the Methods Adopted in Canada in the Carrying Out of Government Clothing ContractsAs you can well understand, the conduct of such an investi gation was attended with considerable difficulty. Apart from the time and trouble involved in discovering reliable sources of in formation, the information itself, when imparted, had to be seru tinized with care, and verified, as far as possible, in every material particular. Not having authority to compel testimony or state ments of any kind, I was necessarily dependent upon voluntary evidence, which was given, in many cases, with great reluctance. The facts thus disclosed are none the less valuable, and may pos sibly be regarded as giving additional significance and weight to the conclusions arrived at. For Obvious reasons, I did not feel at liberty to interrogate any of the Government contractors. As the result proved, this was scarcely necessary, as in no instance did I find that the clothing, which was the subject of contract, had been made up entirely upon the premises of the firms which were awarded the work. In every instance the system of sub-contract ing prevailed.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.