Wilson realized the importance of having available a supply of this cotton. which has a longer staple and greater tensile strength than any other cotton grown in the world. The regulations issued by the Department of Labor respecting the admission of agricultural labor from Mexico contained numerous provisions to safeguard the situation. Each alien applying for adlnission was photographed and provided with an identification card and agreed that he was to be promptly deported if he engaged in any other than agricultural employment. The employers agreed to pay the current rate of wages for similar labor in which the aliens were engaged. I have no exact knowledge of conditions in other States. but the Secretary of Labor advises me that the Arizona Cotton Growers Association. representing the farmers who employ Mexican laborers in my State. has kept its part of the agreement to the satisfaction of his department.
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