It is that in this country it is not wise as a matter of public policy that the wages of our workingmen should be reduced to the standard of wages in Europe. That is the only firm foundation on which the doctrine of protection stands. and if thatis abandoned there is the end of the doctrine of protection. Free trade is the natural and normal condition of mankind. but as we have established in this country a republic of men. all of whom are equal. a majority of whom are the masters who make and unmake laws. we say that as a principle of public policy their labor shall not be degraded. shall not be reduced by competition with foreign labor or pauper labor. or any kind of labor so that they will not have the advantages and benefits and educational facilities due to American citizenship. That is the broad fbundation upon which this whole tariff system rests. If that be so why should not the labor employed in taking ore out of the mines be protected?
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