It might be possible for the American workingman to benefit from the tariff if he could effect a close and compact organization. For instance. if he could protect himself against immigration. if he had the genius to organize all the different branches of the different industries so that he himself could become a monopolist. so that he could say to the other monopolists. "When you are stealing from the people. steal enough for me and give it to me." It might be possible for him then to benefit. But as it stands now. you give a monopoly to the manufacturer. You say: "We protect you from competition." and the 10 manufacturers. say. who were formerly operating Independently. combine and raise the price and get the benefit. and simply refuse to carry out their compact and bargain. They go to the four ends of the earth to get cheap labor to enable them to evade the solemn obligations they entered into to pay part of their profits back in high wages to the American workmen.
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