We are in the midst of the most violent and sudden economic changes our country has ever experienced. To adjust ourselves to these changes a new social policy must be adopted. Of all the principal measures advocated for this purpose. those that provide shorter hours of labor and further restriction of immigration from all countries offer the most logical and direct steps without placing an additional burden on the Public Treasury. Mass production made possible by the progress of mechanical invention and by the application of highgrade efficiency. created a new era and changed this Nation from a static agricultural to a dynamic industrial country. This notable change is reflected in the fact that within the past 10 years not 1 per cent of all foreign immigration into the United States has settled upon the farms. The consequent growth in urban industrial centers has raised up certain unforeseen and difficult problems. We can not stop progress.
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