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Show M) 1.1 1 Ml THU IAIIOII 1'IIUlll.LM. Tiih Boston lYunltcr baa a long editorial on the labor Iroblem, glvlug tuggetlloni for Its complete iolutlou. It tect In the unobstructed admission uf alien foreign labor the gnatrit obstacle ob-stacle to a Mttltratnt of the labor question. There are already .1,00J,i) wage workers out ef emdoymeut In the United Htates. lu addition to this there are shiploads of Immigrants arriving ar-riving day after day. With Ihlt condition con-dition confronting labor organltatlons the 7raitiVraakt what It the use Hi a few hundred men going on a strike, when there are so many thousands rtady to take their places. Ill Pittsburg and vicinity the number num-ber of Italians are Increasing ao raildly that they have already nit-placed nit-placed the foreign Kngllsh siivnking elements, and are now making Inroads on the natlvee. A nttaburg pajier la quoted to show that this Is the case, and furthermore that because of hit cheapness the Italian Is a favorite with capital. In the year ending May ill, 1801, ovtr 0(1,000' Italians landed at New York. It Is taldthattheltallan can work cheap because ho lives jioor-ly. jioor-ly. Twenty males aud one or two female! fe-male! can live In a room twelve feet square and still have space lo let. Kvtn the Chinaman can not compete lurhcaturtsof living with the Italian. The VVutcttcrurgeeon labor leaders the necessity of pursuing a different course lu the future Instead of strikes and agitations It would have th.m take up boldly the excluslonof all alien labor. Make candldatra ftr Congress pledge themselves to thli Issue, and lu a short time, according toiho7Vcnittr, the questlou would be settled. |