What diffeeice does it make. sir. whether a man happens to be a skilled laborer or a common. ordinary laborer? There is no reason why a banker should be allowed to employ some skilled laborer to come into this country at a- wagA based upon. the Standard of wages of another country. less than that fixed by our own standard of wages. any. more than there is why a man or a corporation should be permitted to employ a common laborer to come here for the same purpose. The distinguished Senator from Minnesota . whom we all love and respect. and who has been so eloquently referred to by the Senator from Missouri . did not come to this country as a contract laborer. he came here a perfectly free man. at liberty. to procure the wages that could be obtained- in the country to which he had immigrated. He would not be excluded by the provisions of. this bill. neither would anyone coming here. whether a skilled or a common laborer. who was not bound in advance to labor for- wages that had been contracted for. and. we may assume.. contracted for- upon the basis of the. standard- of wages existing. not in. this country. but In his own country. In my judgment.
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