The man who carries the hod has special qualifications for that kind of work. but for no other. When. through a depression of industry. he is deprived of employment. he does not know where to turn for other work. Moreover. he has ties of family and neighborhood which make him reluctant to abandon places with which he is familiar to seek employment elsewhere. But the newly arrived immigrant has no associations here. no family ties. and no prejudices or preferences for or against any locality. He must work or starve. and he does not starve. He does not know enough about the devious ways of our civilization to begin life here by attempting to be a thief.
Identified stereotypes
New immigrants are described as lacking ties and being more willing to work, and less likely to be thieves.