Now. that is all there is to this problem. It is a question of supply and demand of labor. I was talking to a man down in my district the other daya man who works hi a cotton mill at one of those semiskilled jobsand I got to discussing with him this question of the restriction of. immigration. " Why." he said. " they say that is nothing but this old A. P. A. bigotry." I said. " I do not care what they call it. names do not affect facts. how much pay are you getting? " lie said that he was getting $13.50 a week. I said. "How nmuch do you think you ought to get?" Ie said he thought lie ought to get $16 or $18 a week. Said I. "My friend. how do you expect to get $16 a week when every year in normal peace times we are admitting to this country hundreds of thousands of immigrants who will take your job and work at it for $10 a week. or even less?"
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