To oppress one's own workmen, and provide for the workmen of a neighbor -- to skin those in charge of one's own interests while cottoning and oiling the residuary product of another's skinnery -- that is not very good benevolence, nor very good sense, but it serves in place of both.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cynic Looks at Life] Reference

A neighbor -- to skin those in charge of one's own interests, while cottoning and oiling the residuary product of another's skinnery -- that is not very good benevolence, nor very good sense, but it serves in place of both.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909] Reference