It is true undoubtedly. as the Senator from North Carolina has said. that the special agent of the census has reported that the average earnings of all operatives in Massachusetts is 85 cents per day. The same agent also reports that the average wages of the same clas of operatives in the State of North Carolina was 42 cents per daya little less than cuehalf the wages paid in the Senators own State than in the State Af Massachusetts. This certainly accounts for the immigration of Fren( h Canadians into Massachusetts rather than into North Carolina. I wish to allude very briefly to the portion of the Senators amendmenat in relation to the manufacture of textile machinery. There are now in the United States engaged in the manufacture of textile machinery 25.000 persons. mostly male adults and mostly Americans. earning the highest wages as skilled mechanics and machinists. with at least 100.000 persons dependent upon their earnings.
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