They knew that from the accurate construction of the machine and the certainty of its registering power it could not tell any lie about its own work. so they sent over one of the ablest men in Massachusetts in the examination of patent matters to investigate. He came back and told them that they were getting an honest return from the foreign boot and shoe manufacturers. and that the explanation was that the best labor of England could not produce with those machines more than 47 per cent. of the amount of work that was produced by the Massachusetts operatives upon the same machine. That meant that the American mechanic. with his enterprise and his ambition. standing at those machines worked more hours a day at a greater rate of speed than did the "pauper labor." as it is called. of Great Britain. it meant that the Englishman quit work on Saturday afternoon and did not come back to work until Tuesday morning. it meant that he would not work as many hours or stand to his work as well as the Massachusetts workman. and there is the whole difference between "pauper labor" and free labor.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about British labor being 'pauper labor', lazy, and unwilling to work hard.