He offered them liberal wages and good boarding facilities. and held out -every inducement possible. but lie could not induce a man to break away from his associates and take advantage of the offer. .It is undoubtedly true that throughout the country agricultural laborers are more scarce than those of any other class. Every farmer feels the need of them. The Senator from Minnesota. in his renarks. reminded me of the fact that in 1907. when the bill of that year was under consideration it contained a provision which I had drafted carrying out precisely the idea which ie.has suggested of establishing a division in the Bureau of Immigration intended to divert the stream of immigration from the cities and send it to the country districts. It was adopted and is in the body of the law today. It has been in operation ever since.
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