His argument all through has been that the prime object of protection. the great object. was to increase the wages of American laborers. . The Senator says. and other Senators say. that the increase of consumption and the increase of production cause increased employment. But if there is a foreign population sending goods here they say they are made by pauper labor. If instead of the goods the men are brought here. taking the place of the labor here at cheap rates. as we know to be the case. is not that affecting the rates of wages? Is not that affecting the profits of labor?
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