There are so many important things on which duties are increased by indirection. many of them adding largely to the burdens of the people. that I want Senators to look at them carefully and understand them. That is the only reason I am occupying any of the time of the Senate now. These protectionists are clamoringindeed. it is the clamor all the timeabout protecting American labor and keeping it far removed from the competition of the pauper labor of Europe. The commissioners have furnished tables. which I beg Senators to look at carefully. at the head of each of the schedules. and a consolidated table on pages 100 and 102. On pages 100 and 102 there is an abstract of the annual operations of the mechanical and manufacturing industries of the United States according to the census of 1880. the details being set forth on the subsequent pages.
Identified stereotypes
European labor is described as 'pauper labor'.