Show iMan GRATiON DWINDLES the united business service makes the very interesting remark that the very low number of immigrants to the united states during the depression is beneficial to the labor situation since december cern 1530 1930 the number of immigrant aliens has been less than the number of alien residents leaving the country the me exodus of aliens now exceeds new arrivals by more than 3 to 1 no marked change PAgO in 4 this hip trend is likely for somo some time is bom something ething worth thinking over the labor map of the united states is rapidly being changed the work cut out for the american melting pot is not so strenuous as it used to be emigration is now greater than immigration A part of the change is no doubt due to the depression A number of aliens who have succeeded in saving a little money in the united states have gone home to live where they can live cheaper A great many undesirable aliens have been deported through the vigilance of the labor department ment the policy of the present lad administration ministration in discouraging immigration at this particular time when we have more labor on hand than can be employed has also been a factor the drying up of the tide of immigration has undoubtedly helped the american labor situation the more foreign labor which comes to america the more competition there is for the labor already here yet there are arc a great many economists who want to nullify this benefit to our labor by admitting free of duty the produce of foreign labor what good does it do our american labor to keep out competitive foreign labor if we let in free the products of foreign labor nobody has yet been able to answer this question satisfactorily As a matter of fact the same internationalists in our country who favor free trade also favor free immigration the two seem to go together and clearly prove that the internationalist is no real friend of american labor |