The authors of this bill. fearing a diminishing revenue because of its prohibitive character. have included in its provisions an import duty on articlesnot produced in this country and have increased the internalrevenue tax on tobacco and other domestic products. There is no protection in this bill for agriculture. Those who produce wheat. corn. cotton. and other staples of agriculture. of which we produce a surplus for export. have the prices of their own products fixed in Liverpool in competition with the products of the pauper. serf. ryot. and coolie of Europe and Asia. the fellah of Egypt. and the cheap labor and cheap lands of South America. The farmer is forced to pay the advanced price not only for domestic manufactured goods. but also forced to pay more for the articles upon which a revenue duty and an internalrevenue tax is placed. and at the same time is left to struggle with the freetrade markets of the world in which to sell his products. In short. the farmer is forced by law to buy his supplies in the dearest market in the world and to sell his products in the cheapest markets of the world.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing about the economic impact of European laborers.