The war has depleted our workshops and materially lessened our supply of labor in every departmentof industry and mechanism.. In their noble response to the call of their country our workmen in every branch of the useful arts have left vacancies which must be filled or the material interests of the country must suffer. The immense amount of native labor occupied by the war calls for a large increase of foreign immigration to make up the deficiency at home. The demand for labor never was greater than at present. and the fields of use. fulness were never so varied and promising. It was true. as stated by Senator SHERMAN. that there was "a noble response to the call of their country" by the workingmen. but while absent fighting its battles their vacant places should not have been filled with cheap laborers imported from Europe under contract.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are characterized as 'cheap laborers'.