Excerpt from Peonage in Western Pennsylvania: Hearings Before the Committee on Labor of the House of Representatives, Sixty-Second Congress, First Session, on House Resolution No. 90, August 1, 1911 The chairman. You have reference to a prior hearing before the Committee on Rules? Mr. Mcnair. Yes; I mean the Committee on Rules, which testi mony has been printed; that is what I read. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

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This riveting account of the hearings on the issue of peonage in Western Pennsylvania offers a powerful condemnation of this brutal and inhumane system of labor. Through first-hand testimony and compelling evidence, the committee sheds light on the shocking mistreatment of workers in this region and exposes the root causes of this grave injustice. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.