The labor standard., 1918-05-01
UNITED STATES VS.
 SILVER COMPANY
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 average from 121s to 20c. per hour;
 unskilled labor 17h to 25 per hour
 The girls minimum wages is 12k
 per hour. If you were in the states
 and applied to us for a position we
 could place you." 2.. .~
 A.. That on March 15, 1916, George c. Pearson, with the consent and authority of George c. Pearson, Jr., wrote letter to the de- fendant corporation in which he stated that his wife was unable to start for Meriden at once but that he, the said George c. Pearson, and his son, George c. Pearson, Jr., were will ing to start at once provided they were sure of receiving employment from the / defendant corporation.
 5. That on March 20, 1916, the defendant corporation through it's superintendent, c. H. Stockder, wrote a letter to George c. Pearson, copy of which is as follows:
 @s"Dear Sir: Referring to yours of the 18th will say the conditions
 stated in your letter are satisfac-
 tory and we will keep place open
 for Mrs. Pearson. Kindly advise
 when you will. report for duty" 2
 6, That during the period covered by the correspondence mentioned in Paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 hereof, the said Geo. c. Pearson, IT,, was an alien of the United States of America and was known by the defendant corpo- ration to be an alien of the United States of America, he, the said George c. Pearson, Jr., being then and there q resident of Springhill, \ Nova Scotia, and citizen of Great Britsan.
 z. That during the period covered by the correspondence mentioned in Paragraphs 2, 3, and 5 hereof, and for further period of time, to wit, until on or about April IA, 1916, the said George c. Pearson,, Jr., was 9 contract laborer and was known to the defendant corporation to be a con- tract laborer, to wit, an ordinary un- skilled workman.
 8. That on or about April 4, 1916, the said George c. Pearson, IT,, as a result of the correspondence men tioned in Paragraphs 2, 8, and 5 hereof, and especially as 9 result of the letter mentioned in Paragraph 5 hereof, left Springhill, Nova Scotia, and entered the United States, and on April 5, 1916, went to the town of Meriden in the State and District of Connecticut, where he engaged board and lodging intending to make the same his permanent abode.
  George e. Pearson, Jr., learned of a strike at the factory of the defendant corporation and therefor returned to, Springhill, Nova Scotia on April 6, 1916. !. 10. That the acts of the defendant corporation aforementioned were in violation of statute of the United States, to-wit: An Act to regulate the Migration of Aliens into the United States 7 approved February 20, 1907, as amended by the act of March 26, 1910.
 H. That the defendant by reason of tie facts aforesaid and in pur- suance of the provisions of the statue aforesaid has forfeited to and become liable to pay to the plaintiff the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1, 100000 as penalty.
 12. That the defendant corpora tion has continually neglected and re fused to pay said penalty to the plain tiff.
 13. WHEREFORE, the plaintiff demands Judgment against the de- fendant in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) together with the costs of this action.
 * RAYMOND c. LINCOLN,
 Assistant U. s. Attorney. Filed October 30, 1917.