Speech #530089032

Squalor and poverty on the one handplenty and often luxury on the other. So long as labor isnot crowned king. asit is metaphorically with us. in countries depending on us for a market. we can never allow our l boring men the humiliation of competition. Wehave by legislation wisely. in my opinion. -excluded immigration of the pauper.and contract laborer from Europe. and the servile Chinese laborer from Asia. but by the proposed legislation we are to permit the product of the Chinese factories in China. where labor is but 10 cents a:day. tocome into our -country and sell in competitionwith the products of American workshops that -are operated by American workmen. To do this is to shock the sensibilities of every patriotic citizen. Cheap wares are not the only things we need.