Speech #610179424

This subterfuge is the last stand at which the protectionists capitulate in its defense. They deplore the effect on labor if protection is abolished. and advocate it for the laborers sole benefit. They fear foreign prod-. ucts made by pauper labor. if the tariff is reduced. will drive American products from our home markets and turn our labor out of employment. This bugaboo no longer constitutes a potential factor. it has run its course and served its purpose. and served its purpose much too long for the good of the laboring man. He has watched the ports of entry to prevent the importation of foreign goods in order to avoid competition with Americanmade goods. but overlooked the importation of foreign laborers. until he found. instead of foreign goods manufactured by foreign. labor displacing our homemade goods in our markets. that the importation of labor into our Industrial enterprises has displaced American labor at lower prices and deprived the American citizen of employment at home.