The Old World in the New The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People
CHAPTER IX
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Stimulators of migration--The commercial interests behind the movement--The new immigrant as an industrial tool--How tariff protection coupled with the open door augment the manufacturer's profits--Effect of the new immigration upon the cost of living, upon agricultural methods--Shall the penniless immigrant be helped to get upon the land--The utilization of foreign labor to break strikes--The foreign laborer as a hindrance to unionism--Effect upon wages and conditions--Is the foreigner indispensable--Immigrant women doing men's work--Fate of the displaced American--Immigration and crises--The inevitable rise of social pressure--Who bears the brunt?