Why. labor Is worth what it will do. what it is sufficient for. And then he goes on to state what no Democrat will deny. that dollar a day labor in Louisiana or twodollar a day labor in Michigan will produce more and is therefore cheaper than 30 cents a day labor in the Philippines. It is what we have all been contendirg for on this side of the House when you have talked about bringing American labor into competition with the "pauper labor" of Europe. We have told you that American labor Is worth more. because the American laborer is more intelligent. more industrious. more ambitious. takes more readily to new ideas and new methods. and can therefore produce more. and that higher wages paid to him are cheaper than lower wages paid abroad. We welcome the gentleman from New York to the ranks of the tariff reformers.
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