Unprecedented Immigration and Labor Scarcity

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Unprecedented Immigration and Labor Scarcity

Immigration into the United States during the past six months, says the Springfield Republican, amounts to 682,560 arrivals. This is a wholly unprecedented figure—much exceeding that for the same period last year, when immigration passed all previous bounds. Yet never was there greater complaint throughout the country of scarcity of labor. Nothing better than these facts can illustrate the remarkable activity of industry.