Everything has been laid at the door of the immigrant. I want to prove to you that the immigrants do not come here to compete and do not compete with American labor. In spite of the fact that there has been a steady increase of immigrants In the last 30 years. the American standard of living has not been lowered. but advanced. and it is higher today than it has ever been before. Wages. too. are higher today than ever before. The immigrant who comes here does not come here to compete with the skilled American laborer. He comes here to perform the work of the unskilled laborer. He does the unskilled work in the mines. in the quarries. on the railroad. on the farm. and in the forests. Native Americans and the older immigrants are the skilled laborers and the presentday immigrants become the unskilled laborers. It is undoubtedly true that unskilled labor is cheaper than the skilled labor. The presentday immigrant is the unskilled laborer. and it is true that the standard of living among the unskilled laborer is lower. Such a condition has always existed and will always exist. It is a part of our industrial system.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are stereotyped as unskilled laborers who perform the work that native Americans won't do.