Speech #530053786

This would necessarily alter the relation between supply of labor and demand for labor. and supply of commodities and demand for commodities in the interest of labor. I have read that. because it is better expressed than anything I have seen or heard upon that subject. although it is common learning. If thesemanufacturers were sincere about protecting labor bya tariff they would lay the duty on foreign labor seeking employment in our industries and thus prevent the pauper labor of Europe. by direct enactment. from competing for employment on American soilat any ratewith our labor. They might as well at the same time tax returning tourists. Not because they are foreigners. but because "they would like to be." not because they compete with American or any other sort of labori for that matter. but on the Democratic theory that " dudes are luxuries." But. to be serious. as a matter of fact. the last thing in the world the manufacturer wants to see is "a duty on imported labor." He wants cheap labor. and the markets of the world are open for him to get it.