In this bill we have protected every product of New England and the Eastern States generally. whether of wood. or iron. or cotton. or wool. or any of the great staples entering into daily consumption in all avenues of life. Of course. all products of the hides of animals are protected according to the judgment of those engaged in the business to the measure of protection required. Not content with protecting the printpaper pulp. not content with protecting cotton and woolen goods and cutlery and all manufactures of iron. we actually were called upon by the senior Senator from Massachusetts to stop an inundation of eels coming in as a supposed product of the pauper labor of Europe. The call for protection came from all along the New England coast. and. strange to say. we from the Rocky Moun. tain States. who never see an eel except when visiting the seacoast. voted to put a duty on eels. and then. in order that no raw material might escape. we actually went up to Vermont and put a duty on the sap running out of the maple trees. If you can point to anything manufactured or produced along the northeastern coast that is not provided for by some kind of protection in this bill.
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Generalization about pauper labor in Europe.