The first plea was infant industry - next. protection against foreign manufacturers. and. finally. the siogan of elevation of labor was sounded. and is a continual din in our cars today. Mr. Chairman. most of our industries have grown to manhood. powerful. athletic manhood. and cannot pretend to dread foreign competition. But. sir. they are as timid as a maiden lest their intelligent. thrifty. courteous laborers may be degraded by the competition of the vulgarly called pauper labor of Europe. and especially of England. The iron manufacturer of the United States proudly boastsof the condition of his labor. andofthe wages paid each laborer. Why should he not.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about European labor being 'pauper labor'.