In 1861. when every expedient known to taxation was resorted to. to raise a revenue to carry on the war of the rebellion. among other taxes there was a duty of 2 cents a pound placed on copper pigs. Finally the war ended. and the necessity for a large revenue did not exist. But in the mean time the coppermine owners of Michigan had had a taste of this "protection against the pauper labor of Europe." and they sent a lobby down here and got the tariff on copper increased to 4 cents a pound. Think of it! A war tariff of 2 cents. a peace tariff of 4 cents.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about European labor being 'pauper labor'.