14 APRIL 1923, Page 9

The United States is now attracting so many Canadians, according

to. the Toronto Globe, because there is an industrial boom across the Border and the scarcity of mechanics and manual workers in the Northern States has compelled employers to pay higher wages than are ruling in Canada. The present Labour shortage in the United States is due to the Restrictive Immigration Law, which prevents more than 3 per cent. of the total popula- tion of any one nationality in the United States coming from the mother-country in a year. These restrictions do not, however, apply to Canada, hence Canadians, during a period like the present of industrial expansion in the United States, find their services eagerly sought when they cross the Border.