They add nothing to the wealth of the country. as they do not contribute to its civilization. A shanty 10 by 12 will furnish a home for twenty of them. shelves built against the walls. answering all the pnrposes of beds. It is a singular circumstance that while our laws protect .the home manufacturer in this country from competition with the products of~ the "pauper labor" of Europe. the men who work in our mines. mills. and factories are compelled to compete with the foreign labor itself. The manufacturer says that in order to carry on his business and enable him to give employment to American laborers and mechanics he. must be " protected." against the products of pauper labor imported. into this country. And this protection is given him by the law in theform of a heavy duty. almost prohibitory. laid on the foreign article. Having received the protection asked for. he then quietly proceeds to bring from Europe a shipload of these socalled pauper laborers against vhose labor he is protected and sets thet to work in his factory orshop at less wages than he is obliged to pay his American employs. as was said by Mvr. P. J. c Guire before the Senate committee: If a tariff ) right for thc protection of American labor against imported foreign goods. it logically follows that we should be protected against the importation of foreign labor itself. or else the tariff is a farce.
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Immigrants are described as adding nothing to the wealth or civilization of the country and living in squalor.