It affects the farmers. the canners. the clothiers. the shoe manufacturers. the house builders. When purchasing power is curtailed at one point it is at once translated into unemployment at some other point. Unemployment is a plague which can not be quarantined. Unemployment is primarily a problem in economics. State lines do not constitute economic barriers. As an economic problem the solution of unemployment fits into the same category of national affairs as the tariff. immigration. or Federal reserve banking. The Federal Government is itself a large employer of labor. It is therefore concerned with unemployment at least for the some reason that every employer of labor is concerned with it.
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