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I wish to read very briefly from the report of the Bureau of Labor. which was referred to a moment ago by the Senator from North Carolina . relating to conditions of people not in Lawrence. but in other mill towns similarly situated. The mills in Lawrence are woolen mills. But the conditions under which labor is employed are similar: The history of the cotton industry in Fall River Is the same as that In other New England towns. In the beginning the employees were all Americans. These were replaced by the English and Irish Immigrants. The English and Irish have been in a large measure .replaced by the French Canadians. and now the French Canadians are being replaced by the Italians. Poles. and Portuguese.