I think this much. at least. is evident. that if approximately 185.000 farm laborers--I say farm laborerscame to the United States last year and- were by some means. iof ..design or -negligence. diverted to overcrowded -manufacturing districts. where -therewas no demand for their labor and where -wages were already on a starvation -basis. instead -of directing t1em along a :different current out into -the Middle M est and the West. -or down into the fruit regions of the -South. where they could have found employment at remunerative wages. the authorities administering our immigration laws and having charge of this great business must have been derelict and fallen far short of their great responsibilities. I speak only of a situation. wvithout inteading -either to accuse or defend.
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