I ought. perhaps. to explain. Mr. Chairman. that manufacturers have talked very freely with me for many years. assuming. as a matter of course. that I agreed with them in their particular views. and this man went on to say in answer to my question as to why they wanted this additional duty: "We have got to keep the standard of American living. we have got to hold up the American rate of wages and see that our American working people live on a basis far better than the pauper labor of Europe." I said. "That is very interesting. How much of the proposed increase do you propose to add to your pay roll?" He said they had not yet given that serious consideration. I asked him if he would add any portion of this increased duty to the pay roll. and he replied that they had not got to that yet.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about European labor being 'pauper labor'.