Ifiot.wihynot? It will not do to say that the coming of these laborers from abroad does not Increase the amount of labor in the market and add to the competition. for we all know it does. Why then. let me rsk. does this European immigration not injure our laborers? Iaam answered that it is because these immigrants are of our blood and require the same food. shelter. raiment. and education we require. and must. therefore. earn the same wages our people secure. This conclusion isamistake. Suppose there is a demand for 100.000 laborers only. and these are already in this country. and then 100.000 more come in. what must happen? Either some of these laborers go without employment or labor cheapens. That our labor is not cheapened by foreign immigration proves that in this country the demand for labor is equal to the supply. So long as this equality exists the coming hero of free laboring people will do us no harm. Bear in mind that I only insist upon the right of free and honest laboring classes to come and stay with us.
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