She can import steel rails. pay freight and a specific duty of $i7 per ton. and compete with the American manutacture. Low wages alone enables her to do it. I need no other evidence to prove this than the voice of the swelling tide of immigration that is ever surging on the American shore. The history of the tariff system proves that a materia reduction of the duty on foreign importations of the like and kind produced here swells our revente. diminishes home production. stimulates foreign manufactures. and increases foreign importations. It proves that * proper protection maintains high wages. and by virtue of healthy competition and diversification of industry. cheapens prices.
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