Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, Volume 2A. Roman and Company, 1965 |
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Page 232
... labor , and the diffi- without detention , from Hongkong to culty of obtaining operatives in suffi- the point on the works the other side cient numbers , even at any price , seemed an impassable barrier in the way of the enterprise ...
... labor , and the diffi- without detention , from Hongkong to culty of obtaining operatives in suffi- the point on the works the other side cient numbers , even at any price , seemed an impassable barrier in the way of the enterprise ...
Page 283
... labor . We cannot example which nature has wasted upon subject our own people to a competition it for thousands of years . with the half - fed , half - clad labor of Eu- rope , and we are therefore compelled to utilize the only ...
... labor . We cannot example which nature has wasted upon subject our own people to a competition it for thousands of years . with the half - fed , half - clad labor of Eu- rope , and we are therefore compelled to utilize the only ...
Page 284
... labor , or tends to reduce the wages of the superior race . In consequence of our enterprise , labor in California is higher than it was ten years ago , and in greater demand , notwithstanding the presence of myriads of Chinamen among ...
... labor , or tends to reduce the wages of the superior race . In consequence of our enterprise , labor in California is higher than it was ten years ago , and in greater demand , notwithstanding the presence of myriads of Chinamen among ...
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After RomanceReality | 32 |
Buried Alive in the | 87 |
Prospectors Story A Prentice Mulford 336 | 93 |
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