In order to convince you of the necessity for this question of indentured labor coming up for discussion at an early date. I should like to draw your attention to two points : First of all. to the farreaching significance of indentured labor looked upon from the point of view of the protection of native labor. and. secondly. to the close connection which exists between this problem and the problem of forced labor now under discussion. In the questionnaire a clear distinction is made between forced labor which is imposed on the workers and indentured labor. that is. labor for which the worker binds himself voluntarily. socalled contract labor. This differentiation would be acceptable if one of the contracting parties. the worker. did not belong to an economically weak and extremely defenseless group. The worker of the West is as a rule conscious of what he is undertaking when he signs an agreement. and what is of particular interest in such cases he possesses social means of defense and resistance.
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