W. agitators walk boldly and defiantly through our land. preaching their nefarious doctrine. urging that our Government be overthrown and a Bolshevist government established. These despicable creatures have no weight or influence with the brave. industrious. patriotic. American workingman. but they unduly sway -the ignorant immigrants. Statistics show that in the basic industries of the United States foreigners constitute over 50 per cent of the laborers. as will be seen by a perusal of tables given below. prepared by Mr. Box from the reports of the Immigration Industrial Commission: Foreigners. Iron and steel --------------------------------------------- 57. 7 Slaughtering and meat products ------------------------------ 60.7 Bituminous coal -------------------------------------------- 61.9 Woolen and worsted manufacturing ---------------------------61 Cotton goods ----------------------------------------------67. 7 Clothing manufacturing -------------------------------------72.2 Furniture manufacturing -------------------9. 1 Leather. curing and finishing ------------------- -------- -.67 Oil refining ------------------------------------------------66 Sugar refining ---------------------------------------------85 From April 6. 1917. to November. 1918. the heartbreaking period. when our brave boys were in Europe or on the high seas braving the dangers of the German submarine. risking their all for you. for me. and for their beloved country. every impulse of love for them and appreciation of their sacrifice and every patriotic emotion and instinct dictated that every libertyloving person employed in industries at home essential to supplying our heroes with food. clothing. and munitions of war should exert themselves to the utmost to reach the maximum of production to insure their success against the Germans. But. notwithstanding this solemn. sacred duty. according to the Department of Labor. during this critical period of our national life. there were 6.000 strikes. the average duration of which approximated 17 or 18 days. in the industries of the United States.
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Immigrants are easily swayed by agitators and cause strikes.