Some of th~se imports came from China. where pig iron can be produced for $7.50 a ton. while the average cost of production in this country is around $14 a ton. Is it possible that the American people want to force our wage earners down to the level of Chinese laborers? In the iron mills of China coolie workmen receive 15 cents a day for 12 hours a day labor. In other words. $5 in American gold will hire. 80 men in China for furnace work which requires only unskilled labor. One furnace dn the Yangtze River. with a daily capacity of 300 tons of pig iron. is working Chinese labor at $1 a week. making pig iron more cheaply than in any other known mill in the world.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese laborers are characterized as accepting extremely low wages, threatening American wage earners.