The point upon which this discussion has chiefly turned. however. has always been involved in the comparison between wages paid here and those paid abroad in similar industries. That this should be the case is inevitable. because the controlling reason for a protectve tariff lies in its efficiency in maintaining the higher rates of wages and better standards of living. which undoubtedly exist in this country as compared with the rates of wages and standards of living in other countries. The mere fact of the large and constant immigration to the United States of people who thus seek to better their condition is a convincing proof of the truth of the general proposition. but it is necessary to go further than this in order to demonstrate the necessity of duties which shall equal the difference between labor costs here and abroad. With this object in view the tables which follow have been compiled. They show from official sources the different rates of wages paid in similar industries here and abroad. and they tell theirown story to all who Will take the trouble to examine them.
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