Speech #530105442

I submit a resolution for which I ask presentconsideration. The resolution: was read. as follows: Resolved. That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and be is hereby. directed to inform the Senate of the total number of persons engaged in protected iftdustries in the United States. whose wages are. or may be. claimed to be affected by tariff legislation. the total number of persons engaged in such industries whose wages are not. or will not. be affected by tariff legislation. and the proportion of the population of the United States who depend upon the foreign marketfor the sale of theirproducts. classifying such industries respectively. Such information to be based on the census of 1890. Also. that the Secretaryof the Treasurybe. and he is hereby. directed and required to inform the Senate of the total number of such perqons who ar6 nativeborn cltizens of the United*States of America. the total number who are naturalized citizens. and the total number of such persons who are aliens. and at what ratio. if any. alien mechanics and laborers have been taking the places of native and naturalized citizens of the United States in the protected industries of the United States.