Now. here we have a demonstration by one of the gentlemen who has steadily opposed tariff reduction. by the gentleman who. in point of fact. as the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. sits effectively upon the lid of tariff discussion. that American labor need fear nothing in competition with Filipino labor. Now. those who adopt his reasoning will see that it follows from this demonstration that we need not fear competition from the labor of Canada. Mexico. South America. or Europe. because the scale of wages is much higher in each of these countries than it is in the Philippine Islands. Therefore. we must conclude that the Republican cry of "pauper labor." which has become so familiar to us in political campaigns. has been raised for the sole purpose of frightening the American workman into supporting the policy of high protection and voting the Republican ticket.
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