The skill of our workmen surpasses that of any other labor. The man of skill. the efficient man. at twice the wage. may often do three times the work of the man not fitted by lack of skill for such employment. Yet you wish our skilled labor to leave the factory and the workshop at home and go into the business of loading and unloading vessels in competition with the coolies of China and the cheap pauper labor of the world. The true friend of our workingmen does not wish to force them upon the sea. but looks forward to a policy where the fruits of their toil may be carried to the markets of the world at the lowest possible rate. so that the profits on cheap transportation may be put into making more machinery. enlarging plants. building new factories. and in countless other ways creating new and additional employment for our labor. Wages upon the sea which an American would scorn are eagerly sought for by the seamen of the overcrowded countries of Europe and the Orient.
Identified stereotypes
Coolies are described as cheap pauper labor.