The skill demanded of its craftsmen is acquired only after years of earnest study and much labor. one enters our industry as it boy and must pass through the various branches before he reaches the ultimate goal of highest perfection. Our workmen represent the highest type of the American workmen. More than 95 per cent are citizens. born or naturalized . one language is spoken in our shops. and a mutual love and interest in our country is shown on all sides. And these are the men who have invested the best years of their life in this industry. believing their Government would foster it. aid it to expand and thereby increase the opportunity to secure employment. They did not expect that their Government through any legislation proposed or enacted would retard its expansion and most likely start It on a road of decline by allowing the cheap labor abroad to put their commodity in competition with American workmen in the United States market. while the cheapness of their labor prohibits us from putting our American production In competition with theirs In their own market.
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