Word: laws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public servant, for a bribe or whatever, permits the violation of a law, he is Corrupt...
...private citizen Corrupt who, by bribery or otherwise, tries to make or save money by breaking or evading the law...
Columnist Brisbane did more than grumble. He sneered: "Borrowers should send three large gilt balls to be hung above the Federal Reserve Bank entrance, and similar ornaments to some of the big banks." He threatened: "This is what the law of New York State says, Section 370: 'The legal rate of interest shall not be more than $6 on $100 for one year.' Every bank charging more than 6% interest is violating the law and knows...
...sneers nor threats. Had they wished, however, they might have said: "We charge no more than the legal 6% interest rate. The additional 1% is a carrying fee, to compensate us for our trouble in carrying the account." This was, of course, one of many current evasions of the law's letter...
...lost a tidy fortune in Wall Street, has recently been working in an iron mine near Pecos, N. Mex. Last week he quit when a fellow workman was killed. Said he: "I have found all iron ore mines I have visited in New Mexico unsafe. There is a law regulating coal mine safety, but none relating to iron ore mines. I am going to do everything possible to get proper legislative measures in New Mexico to compel mine owners to safeguard employes...