Now. a single word about this claim of duress. and I am done. I am astounded to hear that claim presented here today. If it were in the crowded labor marts of Europe. if we were legislating here today for the pallid sons of toil and want. the pauper labor of Europe. I could understand that sort of duress. but we have heard so much from our friends on the opposite side of this Chamber of theAmerican workman. his high wages. plenty of work. a continent opening up its virgin soil and all its resources to his energies and intellect. and yet we are told when a man has deliberately agreed to work for the Government of the United States at so many dollars a day. working ten or twelve hours. he did it under duress. for his starving wife and children! What becomes of our panacea. the tariff?
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