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Sketch of Augustus Sinning's early life in both Germany and the United States, including education and labor history.

Lewis notes Braun's disappointment in Harding--he didn't vote for him this year--and worries about low-wage immigrant labor coming from Germany

Harding responds to Lewis, saying nothing to rumor of German labor migration. Lewis can "depend that those in authority in this country will never permit the cheap labor idea to create havoc in our industrial conditions."

Image of Hertzberg Bindery interior with artisans and management in front of finished product.

Image of a workroom in the Hertzberg Bindery

Image of young Augustus Sinning in front of G. F. Eyrich's shoe store, where he worked. Accompanying article tells story of attempted robbery and Sinning's capture of thief.

Concerning unpatriotic actions, and violence, by groups, namely "labor leaders" and those "stirring up dissension among the workers."

Image of the first page of Chapter Seventeen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The chapter gives prospective immigrants information on common wages for various professions and various means of…
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