To continue this state of affairs we must have a protection that will at least equalize the difference between wages at home aud abroad. To create competitive conditions is the objective in the minds of the authors of the present bill. Foreign mannfacturers. with the decided advantage of cheap Europeali and Asiatic labor. are to be permitted to compete for our home market with our manufacturers and our higher wages. Healthy home competition is wholesome. but such an unequal commercial conflict could only be destructive. The tax levied must be sufficient to accomplish the purpose. being neither too high nor too low. and when no longer needed should be repealed.