Why should not the United States avail herself of the option the same as France and Germany do and pay silver. according to contract. and not pay a premium on gold? I am opposed to the whole policy. but if we are to have tariff legislation let us have effective tariff legislation. Let us remove the advantage that the Asiatics have over us. Let our farmers compete with Asiatics on equal terms. Our farmers sell their cotton and wheat in competition with the Asiatics with the disadvantage that the difference in exchange causes. which is now a hundred per cent. You do not propose to remedy that at all. and you do not even propose to take care of your manufacturers. The time has come when this competition is going to reach you. in fact. it is reaching you now. and in a few short years you will share the same fate that the farmers have met. When the millions of Asiatics get their manufacturing establishments in full operation they will manufacture for the world. with the difference ofexchange in their favor. as they are now producing wheat and cotton for the world. If there is to be any goodfaith tariff legislation. let us have it. Let a freecoinage amendment be put upon the tariff bill.
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Asiatics are presented as unfair competition due to differences in exchange rates.