A Inlmiir agitator iliM-wml ivivntly that mos-t "l" kwii digjrfnjr nrn ' rubcav in N'cw Y'.rk were foreigners. Then upon lie dug 1111 Jin <il(l and fonjv.ttciii law which says only American citizens must be employed in the c m- tnietiim (if public works. liiunediatcly came the result that all the work on (lie m"v Kiilnvay of Xrw York, avit.li its badly congest! d traliie. was stopped. 'l'll' 1 ron( ractors, not daring to take chances, I'ontul they must wait until the law could be tested in the rourts. The agitator wild started all the trouble has discovered, niueli to his surprise, that, instead of licit!;; hailed as a public benefactor. his bolt has ]>rove(l to he n boomerang. Tin* New York State Legislature is now proceeding just as fast us it can to wipe the old law oil' the Statute ISooks. Kven in the labor unions there i-, strong opposition to it, for it is contended that lio American citi/ens, unless [hey are brainl new ones, tan be found who arc willing' to work under ground with pick and shovel. Day laborers of American birth seem to have grown too fastidious for that.
When you read of "Desert Gold" think of a goiden-brown brew of deliriously fragrant tea—the best at its price. Ask for°the 2/- grade. Other brands 1/8 and 1/10.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1915, Page 8
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