Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1920 — MEXICAN LABORERS TO U. S. [ARTICLE]

MEXICAN LABORERS TO U. S.

Reports Declare Exodus of Workers Is Becoming Alarming. Mexico City, March 5. — workers are going to the United States in large numbers and the exodus is becoming alarming, according to press advices from northern states. Serious danger to numerous industries in that region through nonuse and through large areas of farm land through lack of cultivation is apprehended. The department of labor has issued a statement, warning Mexicans to beware of fraudulent contracts, by which, it is alleged, many Mexicans have been swindled in southern United States.