He does not have a State. Anyone who finds the labor -vote hard to understand. there is your answer. The fact of the matter is that the constant threat of an inexhaustible cheap labor force below our borders drives down and keeps down the wages paid to domestic migrants. If seasonal farmworkers were given the opportunity to compete with their fellow Americans for these jobs. the producer might have to pay higher wages to get a sufficient number of workers. but the standard of living and the purchasing power of our domestic migrants would go up. most of the 195.000 jobs filled by Mexican nationals in 1962 would be filled by presently unemployed Americans. and the manpower resources of this country as well as our economy as a whole would be by that degree enriched. At this point it might be helpful to examine some estimates. taken from the House report on a similar extension bill. which indicate what increased farm labor costs would mean to the American consumer. A 20centanhour increase in return for all labor. hired or family. involved in cotton production would increase the average familys expenses for all of its cotton goods by $1 a year.
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