| Show IMMIGRATION AND SHORTAGE 01 0 MINK t problems of the mining industry indus indus- industry try include that of labor shortage a condition felt all over the country and one of the main factors of labor shortage Is restricted Immigration Due to the fact that the majority of th Inhabitants of et the United States have graduated from the tho primary classes of nf f labor or have elected to avoid labor and engage in barter barter and duo due to the lack of fresh supplies through immigration n at the bottom of If the scale th there re is ie much competitive Ive tive bidding for both lh unskilled and skilled workmen says saya the Engineering Engineer Engineer- ing ng and Mining Journal Press of NewYork New York The labor unions are in favor of labor shortage they are opposed to Immigration Managers and directors of great greatt manufacturing companies the he great Industries of the United States States need need more hands to run their mills to meet the tho public demand for their heir products they want fre freer r im im- migration As for the country at large argo the restricted labor supply and consequent high wages while spelling spell spell- Ing ng greater comfort for the average manual worker increases the difficulty difficulty culty of American Industries competing competing ing in the tho world markets More lore and more we must according to this forego foreign trade more and more our Industrial economic life becomes a closed circle And that means the of all prices prices prices-of of the cost of living commens commensurate commensurate rate with the high wages I I |
