We housed them and. were able to give them immediate employment. Industry went faster and faster. quicker and quicker were the natural resources of the country grasped and used. the public lands were homesteaded. the standard of living went higher and higher and is today above that of any country in the world. And why? Protective tariff and restriction of Immigration. But we had to call a halt on Immigration. There had to be a slowing down. More than 50 per cent of our people are in the cities. I think It was somewhere near 52 per cent on the last census.
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