ABSTRACT
The interesting problem of economic and social science has frequently considered by departmental committees and reported upon by various commissions. The value of emigration and immigration from three different standpoints: firstly, that affecting the Mother Country; secondly, that affecting the receiving country; and, thirdly, that which influences the individual personally. An emigration fund became a constant feature with the more influential societies, but opposition from Colonial and foreign labour parties has had much to do with the stoppage of the trade–union grants. More recent instance of emigration acting as a beneficial measure is provides by the cathedral town of Norwich. The Ford Investigation Committee, dealing with the question, reported that the inferior grades of immigration had done much towards lowering wages and the standard of living. The influence which immigration has exerted on industry, labour, and the growth of population, there is to consider the effect of the force on the social fabric of the North American continent.
