There is another singular thing. Mr. Speaker. which appears in this discussion. and that. is that the United States. with the highest priced labor in the world. comes in competition with the pauper labor of Europe. and yet. notwithstanding that fact. it can make a ton of armor plate cheaper than can be made in any part of Europe! This is rather a singular argument to be made by my distinguished friend from Maine . in view of the vote which is soon to be taken on the tariff bill. which carries the highest rate of protection of any tariff bill that has ever been framed in this country. If we can make a ton of iron cheaper than it can be made in any of the European countries. with their cheaper labor. certainly we can make anything else cheaper. and we do not need the protection that gentlemen seek to force upon the country.
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Generalization about European labor being 'pauper labor'.