But. Mr. Ciairian. when their subtle and ingenious arguments fail to convince the commonsense people of the country. when their sophistries are detected and exposed. they raise the cry that the advocates of a tariff for revenue only are seeking to crush the manulLcturing industries of our own country and to bring American labor in competition with the "pauper labor of Europe. It has been several times admitted on this side of the House that American labor receives better wages than the same class of labor in Europe. though labor is much better paid in freetrade England than in the tariff countries of Germany and France: but while this is so. it has been as often shown that it is not the result of a protective tariff. not one tithe of which ever reaches the pockets of the laborer. but that it is due to the intelligence and skill of our labor. as compared with most of the European labor. and to our improved machinery. which enables labor to produce more. One further fact may be admitted. and that is that protection has built up some of the most powerful and oppressive monopolies that ever cursed the people of any country.
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