Another feature of the labor problem should not be ignored. The largest and most sudden influx into labor circles that over occurred in this country was in 1865 and 1866. when a million men who had been in the armies laid down their arms and returned to engage in peaceful pursuits. in the workshops. foundries. and factories. thus enteringinto competition with those who had remained at home. During those years a vast tide of foreign immigratron poued into f the ountryeincreain the pressure of competion a i te labor market. Wages suffered slight depression. but all found employment. Why was there no outcry then against foreign immigration? It was because the plain people of this country. as was said by Mr. Sherman a few years later. were doing business on a cash basis.
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