There is an unlimited demand for labor if very low wages are paid. We all could build railroads If the wages were not too high. So. when the practical man says that the restriction of immigration will interfere with new enterprises by restricting the labor supply. is that observation anything more than an expression of fear as to the cheapness of his labor supply? It may be very true that if he can not get cheap labor many valuable enterprises must be stopped because there is not the cheap labor to carry them on. It may be that those enterprises not only would Inure to the promoters benefit. but to the benefit of many other people as well.
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