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I think that the Coeur dAlene region of Idaho may be taken as a very fine example of a region where the laborers are benefited by a protective duty. That is a region of country in which almost all the laborers employed are American citizens. In fact. under the laws of Idaho no corporation may employ laborers who have not at least taken out their first papers as the first step looking to their naturalization. The average wages paid to laborers of the Coeur dAlene Is $3.60 per man. and I would compare that with the average wages paid to the laborers in the mines of the Republic to the south of us. where the average is 80 cents per man. The miners In the Coeur dAlene receive from $3.50 to $4.50 per day for their labor. while the miners in the mines of Mexico receive 75 cents per day.