Butwe deny the proposition that protection betters the condition even of the industrial laborer. The unprotected industries of this country pay as high wages as any of the protected industries. and. too. if protection made the ways of life so easy for the laboring man. why is it that since that policy has become the dominant political creed of the Government that the best laboring blood of Europe has ceased to come this way? Under the Democratic tariff policy. prior to the war. the very best blood of Europe came to this country. while now our Immigration statistics show that the very worst element Is being dumped on our shores by the thousands. If protection made life so easy for mechanical laborers. why Is it that every iiinigrant ship in this country is not filled by intelligent English. Scotch. and German mechanics. the very best blood of the world. instead of by Dagoes. Bohemians. and that semlsocialistic element from countries bordering on the Mediterranean? The following figures will demonstrate our correctness in this position: In 1889 England and Scotland furnished the United States 86.799 Immigrants. and in 1903 they furnished only 32.362. while. on the other hand. in 1889 Italy. Sicily. and Sardina furnished us only 25.807 immigrants. while In 1903 these countriesfurnished us the enormous number of 244.712. This is that class that protection entices to our shores. and drives away that which has contributed so much to American glory. But.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizes about the quality and desirability of different European nationalities, claiming some are the "best blood" while others are the "worst element."