Now, in the great manufacturing, mining, and transportation industries of the country, instead of the free give and take of individual contract there is substituted a vast system of collective bargaining between great masses of men organized and acting through their representatives, or the individual on the one side accepts what he can get from superior power on the other.

With all his slothfulness he was shrewd, and could drive a better bargain than many men twice as active in mind and body.

While waiting for this formality he attended another sale for arrears of revenue, in the hope of picking up some profitable bargains.

Referring to this atrocious bargain, ALEXANDER HAMILTON remarked in the New York Convention "The first thing objected to, is that clause which allows a representation for three-fifths of the negroes.

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In her scant leisure she worked patiently towards the end that girls in the poorest trades should win for themselves the power of making the collective bargain.

When he could endure the temptation no longer his two black claws shot out, but Nicholas intercepted the much-envied object, while, as it seemed, he drove a more advantageous bargain.

Why, then, call this a reciprocal bargain, which took all from one party, to bestow it on the other?

Horses and carriages are cheap in the spring, but even then a little judicious bargaining is required, as it is in nearly every transaction, in the Pyrenees.

This seemed a one-sided bargain.

On the bark of the tree was scored the name of Deacon Peabody, an eminent man who had waxed wealthy by driving shrewd bargains with the Indians.

That form of affection which drives sharp bargains and makes demands, gets a check on the bank in which there is no balance.

The courtiers tried to prevail on the prelate to double the amount of his present, and thus regain the royal favor; but he firmly refused to do this, since it looked to him like a corrupt bargain.

The Curé of Althausen had no need of reflection to understand the kind of shameful bargain which his servant had allowed him to catch a glimpse of.

This was a splendid bargain for the Emperor.

It is always found necessary by the regular slave-traders, in travelling with their slaves to the far South, to handcuff and chain their wretched victims, who have been bought up as the interest of the trader, and the luxury or necessities of the planter may chance to require, without regard to the ties sundered or the affections made desolate, by these infernal bargains.

This detail will suggest the rest of the studiothe Turkey carpet, the brass harem lamps, the Japanese screen, the pieces of drapery, the oak chairs covered with red Utrecht velvet, the oak wardrobe that had been picked up somewhere,a ridiculous bargain, and the inevitable bed with spiral columns.

But I do know they made a very foolish bargain.

For the rest, we find in Perugino, far more than in either Mantegna or Signorelli, an instance of the simple Italian craftsman, employing numerous assistants, undertaking contract work on a large scale, and striking keen bargains with his employers.

The Russian example has taught the world the instability of diplomatic bargains in a time of such fundamental issues as the present.

It certainly will put the final seal of success on this extraordinary bargain.

But without entering into definite bargains with individual voters, a rich candidate can by lavish expenditure on his electoral campaign, both make himself personally popular, and create an impression that his connection with the constituency is good for trade.

In the mean time I would say to you, do not make any hasty bargain: take time and consider the subject, for it is one of vital interest and importance to all!

"It's only a hollow bargain.

He had also a great folio Bible on his counting-house desk, and would frequently be found reading it when people called on business; on such occasions he would lay his green spectacles in the book, to mark the place, while he turned round to drive some usurious bargain.