Not "How much can I afford to sell this article for?" but "How much can I compel the people to pay me for it?" This war tariff puts it in the power of the favored manufacturer to force the American people to pay him an unjust price for his wares. if he chooses to ask it. And all this is done. what for? Not in order to enrich the tariff monopolist. Oh. no. This war tariff is not maintained to put money in the manufacturers pocket. What. then. is it kept up for? Why. to protect American labor against the pauper labor of Europe. The manufacturer tells us that labor is so cheap in Europe that he must have protection against it. that by reason of the high tariff he is able to pay his workingmen higher wages. Such a claim. under the circumstances. is preposterous.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about European labor being 'pauper labor'.