No one can deny that such a reduction in the supply of labor. together with the new political power the labor then remaining will possess. will create a corresponding Increase in the demand for and cost of labor. This muist result In a worldwide increase in the cost of coal and all other commodities. It is unreasonable to suppose that Europe will permit itself to be further impoverished by emigration after the war has done its work. and the men left will he so badly needed at home. The tide Europeward will. be stemmed only by ain Increase of wages in this country sufficient to keep our present foreign labor. If the foregoing Is good reasoning. then .are we not now in a zone of shortage of labor that will affect the coal supply and price and affect materially every other walk of life. especially agriculture and manufacturing?
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