Hayes. stated that the manufacturers of cotton goods every where declare publicly and privately. not one. but all. that if you take the duty from this machinery andlet them buy where they can buy cheapest you may take the duty entirely from cotton goods and they will still live and flourish. They ask not for protection. They simply ask you to let them alone. to take from their shoulders your own heavy hands by abolishing all duty on machinery and chemicals. and they ask for no more. Do this and they will go into the markets of the world with their goods and compete even with the pauper labor of Europe. Again. sir. I find in that evideqce that American machinery is superior to English machinery.
Identified stereotypes
European laborers are described as 'pauper labor' implying they are impoverished and a threat to American workers.