Does the constant and low productivity of such people as brickI layers. painters. cabinetmakers. custok dians. and so forth keep their wages where they were years ago? Certainly - not. The element of the supply of workers is often more important than productivity considerations. To a small extent technology and productivity do place limits on the amount a farmer can pay. The price of the farmers product. however. as well as o productivity. determines wage ceilings. Our society could certainly afford to pay the migrant a higher wage. That will not happen until the free market forces of supply and demand forces both wages and prices up. A bracero program does not allow these forces to operate freely and effectively.