Nevertheless. I can not conclude without reference to the deep concern which the high protectionists are manifesting in another most important class of American citizensthat class known as the American workingman. Oh. the fathomless depths and sublime heights of that lovegenerous. full. and completefinding. however. its only manifestation in Republican protection of industries per se. " Shield the American laborer from the pauper laborer of Europe." you cry. while you fill your factories with thousands upon thousands of these pauper laborers. brought here to compete with the American workingman on his own soil. and to beat down his standard of living. in order that dividends may be greater and that you may be in a better position to starve him into submission when desperation drives him to strike for a living wage. The fact is that the whole burden of the tariffcreated and tariffsupported industries. in their final transmission. rests on the laboring man and on those industries of the Nation which sell their products in competition with the world. The industry which can not sustain itself without help from the Government has no strength to yield for the sustenance of another.
Identified stereotypes
European laborers are 'pauper laborers' who lower the standard of living.