Hill. one of the most powerful Intellects and one of the clearest minds in the country. a business man second to none in achievement. as well as in capacity. thinks the tariff a problem trivial compared with the graver matter of soil depletion and thriftless farming seen all over the country from ocean to ocean. Mr. Hill declares that agricultural production has not kept pace with foreign Immigration. and unless our farmers are taught how to enhance the fertility of their soil and at the same time increase the yield of their area. the whole thing will go to pot. or words of that import. The tendency of Immigrants to congregate in cities and industrial centers Increases the burden upon the farmer in feeding the country. The disparity between production and consumption grows greater daily. In spite of the increase in farm products. The French Canadians drove American artisans out of the mills and shops of New England and have themselves been driven out by Italians. who are being driven out by Slavs. Ninety per cent of our glaas operatives are foreigners who know no English. The employees of the steel trust are 80 per cent foreign born. Of the school children of New York City. more than 20 per cent are foreign born. and more than 80 per cent are of foreign parentage. In Chicago the. percentage is even more adverse to the native. Thus It is that our urban population Is above 50 per cent of the total.
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Immigrants congregate in cities and increase the burden on farmers. Specific groups are described as driving out other groups from jobs.