Mr. Chairman. it is variously estimated that there are now in this country from 1.000.000 to 2.000.000 idle laborers. It would seem to me that under the conditions which are developing in this country. and becoming more acute from day to day. it would be an unwise policy to leave unchecked the great influx of immigration now coming in our direction. It is frivolous for any man to say that wages have not been reduced when four cotton mills in a single week announce a working schedule of from one to two days per week. Banks are failing. factories are closing. and I say to you. gentlemen. that there is no more effective or fatal way to reduce wages than to announce the closing of factories and the cutting down of working schedules.
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