Mr. Chairman. we have had a long debate upon the protective tariff. and. sir. the argument made against this protective system stands today unanswered. We have had from the advocates of protection only a rehash of the delusive statements that have been repeated time and again in this House. that this system was to protect "American labor from the pauper labor of Europe and to give us a homo market." Have any of their able advocates pretended to show us that the system is just to the masses of the people. to the consumers. who constitute alarge majority of the people? Have theyshown us any authority in the Constitution for this system? Have they showa us either in the letter or spirit of the Constitution that Congress has the right to tax the masses of the people of this country to benefit manufacturers ?
Keywords matched
pauper labor