Overhead expenses, combined with direct material and direct labor expenses, form the three components to the cost of any product or service that a small business might offer.
In 1871, an era of political machines and patronage, Arthur was named to the powerful position of customs collector for the Port of New York. He later was removed from the job by President Rutherford Hayes (1822-1893) in an attempt to reform the spoils system. Elected to the vice presidency in 1880, Arthur became president after Garfield died following an assassination attempt by a disgruntled job seeker.
THE MERIT SYSTEM VERSUS THE PATRONAGE SYSTEM. THE TWO SYSTEMS DEFINED.' American politics there obtain at the present moment two systems in accordance with which appointments to rmnor governmental positions are the spoils or patronage system, and the merit or reformed system. The underlying principle Of the former is that forth in the