In the face of thcse facts the cry of protection to American labor becomes the merest sham. the veriest cant that ever was omployed as the slogan oven of a party faction for the deception of mankind. The men who employ it take advantage of the laws of political economy by purchasing everything they use. even to their labor. in the unrestricted markets of the world. and violate those laws openly by forcing their -own countrymen to buy from them only. and shutting off by an act of Congress all possible competition. Already they use cheap Canadian labor. and tomorrow they would fill their factories with Coolies and pigtailed Chinese to the exclusion of American labor if they were not fearful their establishments would be burned over their heads. Away with this miserable pretext. As to the next claimfor protection. that it buildsup ahome market. keeps our money from going abroad. and in this respect increases the national wealth. there is this to be observed: in the first place. it does not build up a home market. except for the manufacturer. in the second place. it does not increase the public wealth in keeping our money at home and forcing us to pay double prices for all we need.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese laborers are described as a threat to American labor.