They speak loudly and arrogantly of "our home market." as if the people of this country were their slaves and had no right to buy except from them. and at such prices as they choose to establish. They are resisting at every step and along the entire line any reduction of the tariff. and consequently any diminution of the stream of revenue. not needed by the Government. flowing from the pockets of the people into the Treasury. and propose by extravagant appropriations to prevent its undue accumulation. The pretext. the pretense. upon which these extraordinary claims and demands are foundedis that a tariff with duties so high on foreign imports as to be mainly prohibitory is necessary for the protection of American labor against competition with the pauper labor of Europe. It is for the benefit of the American laborer. say the wealthy manufacturers and monopolists. that we spend money. flood the country with protection literature. and they might truthfully add. become ourselves millionaires. while the laborer grows poorer every day. Upon this proposition the changes are rung in infinite variety. It is not for themselves who are rich. and arc every day becoming richer through the tariff. that they labor and lobby. but for the poor laborer. who must be protected against competition with the pauper labor of Europe. The hightariff protection argument is universally based on the necessity of protecting American labor against European pauper competition. This is all there is of the protection argument. and no effort is made to place it on any other ground.
Identified stereotypes
European laborers are described as 'pauper labor'.