On page 73 he says: The ring frame. unlike the mule. required little experience or skill. Consequenl y th wives and children of the French Canadian. the Irishman. the Pole. and tile other foreigners 1that we find In the mill today could be employed as ring spinners. Hete. as in many other American *ndustrie. the possibility of employing the unskilled immigrants and ie adept ation of machinery to that end tas been an Important factor itt promoting tite success of manufacturing. On page 74. continuing the same argument. he states: The fundamental reasons for the throwing out of the mules from tile American mills are those just statedWhich I recapitulate. nanely. the strong nature of the labor lions operating the 1m1le spindles in the foreign countrytile lower labor cost of spinning oil the ring frame. tile greater output per operative. and the possibility of employing " cteap labor " for this. vork in this country.
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