L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1183
arrow-up1183external-linkTIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...en.wikipedia.orgL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squaresab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoI used to think my daddy was a black man With script enough to buy the company store Now he goes to town with empty pockets And his face is white as February snow (The L&N Don’t Stop Here Any More)
I used to think my daddy was a black man
With script enough to buy the company store
Now he goes to town with empty pockets
And his face is white as February snow
(The L&N Don’t Stop Here Any More)