England and America. and let them both have either the same protective tariff or the same policy of free trade. and you will always find wages higher here than there. But this not because of the effect of the legislation. but as a result of the peculiarly favorable conditiols for labor which we enjoy politically and territorially. The protectionist. starting with the proposition that wages are higher here. maintains that there should therefore be protection to American labor. in order that it may not be brought into competition with the pauper labor of the Old World. My mind reaches the very opposite conclusion. The fact that we have highpriced labor here. better wages for labor. here than abroad. is conclusive evidence to me that we do not need protection. and that what we do need is the speedy opening of the markets of the world. Highpriced labor means efficient labor. skilled labor. intelligent labor. productive labor. Pauper labor means inefficient labor. unskilled. unintelligent. unproductive labor. Let competition come between highpriced labor and pauper labor. and pauper labor will always go to the wall. I can understand why the poorly paid laborers of the Old World should get down on their knees and lift up their hands and pray for protection against the highpriced labor of America. but I can not understand why the highpriced. efficient. productive labor of America should beg protection against the products of the pauper labor of the world. Mr. Chairman. it is inevitable that when competition comes between these classes of labor. highpriced labor must always win the victory.
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Poorly paid laborers of the Old World are inefficient, unskilled, unintelligent, and unproductive.