Second. Because. if not prohibitory. it provides a revenue for the Government. One of the principal arguments of protectionists here. on the stump. and elsewhere. is that the United States. by reason of the diversity and extent of her soil and climate. and the inventive genius of her people. can profitably produce and manufacture substantially everything that is necessary for the comfort of mankind. provided she is protected by a sufficiently high tariff against the pauper labor of Europe and other countriesI was about to say. and other foreign countries. But that would have been an egregious mistake. as they make the same demand for protection against Mexico and Canada. adjoining us on the south ad north. respectively. and having the same diversity of soil and climate in the same localities respectively. It has been and is now their stock argument that when any industry is thus fostered and protected it is only a question of time. and that. too. but a reasonable time. until we will be enabled not only to supply our home market cheaper than ever before. but will be exporting those products and wares to foreign lands.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about 'pauper labor' from Europe.