SouthNorwslk,Conn. roman) as sans comm m mo. Published daily except Sunday by The Sentinel Publishing Company. 91 Wishington Street. South Norwaik. Conn. Entered as Second Class Hatter LEIGH DANENBERG: Freddent. WENDEL P. HILLIGAN. Vice-President and keg". A. L. GOLDEN. Secre . Telephone: Norwalk "4!. Branch Office: 46 Wall St., Norwaik. Telephone—Norwalk 1888. Single Copies .......... Three Cents By Mail ......... . . . $9.00 per your MiniatumAlmnnnc scrim Sun rises 4:45. sets 0:54. High tide 3:29 a. in. 6:26 p. m. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise in this newspaper and also any local news published herein. All rights at publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Contract Coolie Labor Speaker Nickcrson of the state house of representatives, and soon to be a judge on the superior bench, addressed the members of the farmers’ association of the general assembly Thursday and according to newspaper reports made certain statements by way of comment on the federal labor laws which we find ourselves un- able to accept as accurate until further confirmation. He was speaking on the shortage of farm labor and is said to have urged the amendment of the federal con- tract labor laws which would per- mit the farmers to send to China for an impor tation of coolie labor under contract. “You ought to have the right,” he is reported to have said, “to send abroad and get coolies or anybody else, if you want them.” Then anticipating that a fear might be expresscd, that they would not assimilate with the rest of the population, declared: “We don’t want them to. Send them back when their contract is up. Bring them here for a limited period, say five years and then send them back again. What we want is labor.” \Ve are not prepared to believe that Mr. Nickerson is correctly quoted because what he is advo- cating is nothing else than a form of slavery, a hated exploitation of human labor in this country. He may resent this statement but a contract to bring here coolie labor under contract with the under- standing that it is to be sent back home at the expiration of a given time is a form of slavery in that the imported laborer is bonded to perform the service required of him and to be subject to the provi: sions of the employment by the bonding agent. The contract la- bor law, as we understand it, for- bids the massed importation of la- bor under hard and fast agree- ments entered into before em- barkation from a foreign port but nowhere in that law is bonding and subsequent exportation hinted at. It does not appear that the advocates of that law ever consid- ered the danger of imported bond- od labor. Such a possibility or likelihood never entered the mind of man. It is folly to say that this pro- ‘p'Osal of Mr. Nickerson’s is net‘s form of slavery; that it is a con- venient method of satisfying the needs of the Lerner who desires ,, the right to send the laborer back to his home when his services are no longer needed. It is that and nothing else, and no man is wise enough to say to what the practice might lead in unsuspected evils should it be permitted. This is all aside from the social aspects of bringing to this country in large quantities coolies from China and ‘ having them perform the labor, first on the farms and then in the various fields of manual labor. The philosophy of exclusion as sp- . plied to the yellow races is not to be so easily set aside as MnNiok- .crson imagines even though he ' points to railroad achievements in the far west. It may be too nar- , row a philosophy in some respects, ' but. there is at least enough in it to Justify a denial of his reason- ing. Nor shall we expect to see a protest against his counsel lim- ited to “labor leaders.” It will come . from many elements of American society whose eyes will not be blinded to other danger’s of his proposal by the desperate needs of our farming communities. mnnities need to have their needs as recorded in history-for it is no . The S‘ it By Cal Ender 1.an GRAINS 0F SAND The other we were rudely awak med by a lot of racket outside om- window at about 6:00 s. m. and that being many minutes before our usual arising time we geit peeved and thought that that bird was bringint home his car min but after taking one look out of the window we discovered that the cool man was delivering our coal now these are no days to get sore over the noise the coal makes going into the cellar so we immediately jumped out of bed and went. out and helped him shoot the coal.down into our bin. YES WE DID. .. . . O . . .DOt. 0 Now all sorts or advertisements will start to appear showing just the parts that. were used in that non-stop flight across the continent. O O 0 We presume that some baby carr- iage manufactures- will claim that his wheels were used. OUR OUN HEALTH HINT. Don't listen to a joke under an electric light. you're liable to get shocked. Well we’d better hurry this column of! to George before we receive anoth- er one or those complimentary letters of hers. 0 Our children are rtobabiy chanting "a. column aday, keeps our father away." - Much 'Blige. CAL ENDER longer tolerated—will clarify the confused views of Mr. Nickerson amazingly. Connecticut of all states will be the last to raise her voice in behalf of any form of hu- man slavery however skilfully concealed. It isn’t much of a‘government rd .: , files as limousines do 0 enough trouble is V\ V:‘ Soon after noses bloom. I 0 Fly paper doesn't 0 Trouble with e “'hen a man 0 O 0 lots of Men with or bright yellow an: and advls'ss a It is true ,that the farming com- WM.“ 0‘ yellow "him “a "no. that has to unofficially pass out word' to its women that the way to block the sugar gougers is tel form themselves into organisations that shaligo without the neces- sary commodity. O O O A third of the presidents of the republic have had Scotch blood in their veins and now a thousand immigrants of that race have ar- rived on one ship, 700 of them me- chanics under thirty with their ap- prenticeship behind them. Some of them having been gettin$$10 per week. Warning Cross It'stsnds on the Dixie Highway in Ohio. near. Cincinnati. and serves as s. unique reminder to.’ pacing motor- ists that too much speed and no con- trol'snuffed out the life of Stanley Berry in whose memory it was collapsible grip. asking the railroad tare. Attest : yourself sway. O O 0 O O No wonder girls Among the new Secretary. ‘—— , " Father-Is ‘Way _ Note and Comment Nothing tickles a mosquito more than a pair of silk stockings. 0 O 0 A picnic is no picnic when it rains. ' O O dandelion- friends. e the world being prevented. I w isn't sure of hlm~ self. nobody else is. O Throwing cold water dampcns the enthusiasm. O A soft answer turneth away wrath, I but a. sort head draws it. . , 0 time on hands usually kill it all. t 0 Men‘s suits haven't changed much since last year except that some or them look a year older. 0 O O 9 You don't have to be liberal to give A nun can't get by I. railroad crossing on his good looks. 0 O 0 You seldom see an ex‘loafer. Many people with nothing to do make the mistake of doing it. 0 0 0 Every now and then a bathing girl gets wet and catches cold. 0 Drifters seldom land. 0 O 0 The eagle is our national bird. but if all reformers had our way it would be the sad bird. learn to swim more easily than men. to teach a man to swim? Running an auto is no excuse for running amuck. 0 We don't know what a bookworm looks like. but it must be some kin to a hookworm. About the time Europe gets on her feet she sits back down again. D O C inventions It acts like s. man Wouldn't it be great it you could send the dishes to the laundry the house to the cleaner? —-—,—___._._ HASONIO DWI. A Stated Comunlcation of Old Well Lodge, No. 108. F. and A. IL. will be held at its rooms. South Main street. Tuesday evening. May 16. 1928. 8 p. in. d. t. Work E. A. All Master mason- cord’islly and fraternslly invited. Fraternal}? yours. ass "1'. LDW‘DNES. ‘ ems. a. swarm. w. M. Butler Chapter. No. ".11. A. )1... will work the P. )1. Degree at (Stand 3 Convocation on Tuesday. lay a; at I o'clock p. in. All R. A. Masons are cordially in- vited. ‘ J’. J. JARVIS. H. P. l'..S. Lyon, Secretary Ass. 4" MARKET bloom. dI’IW ALL KINDS OFFISH as many is not 71 North Iain Street. KINGTUI‘ISDIAD ButnenelssIlve-One King Tut Pumps , $2230 wig-SERVICE . tenses... One Step from Corner their anions nsu . EYESTRAIN Properlyl‘ittodahsseswmcor- seet'rhisOudmon. CUBA!!!) Curran McClelland corporal“ ommmsrs — OPTICIANS W. 'A. 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