Bible Encyclopedias
Truck-System
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
The paying of workmen's wages in goods in place of money; found useful where works are far distant from towns, but liable to the serious abuse from inferior goods being supplied; Acts of Parliament have been passed to abolish the system, but evasions of the law are not uncommon.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Truck-System'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/t/truck-system.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.