Never was there a more fallacious and absurd contention invoked to support any doctrine on earth than that the trained. artful. energetic. skilled. wellfed. and welldirected American laborer. with all his superior appliances of invention and ingenuity. is a higher priced laborer than the less efficient and less advantaged laborer of the foreign world. The real source and cause of high wages are natural resources. skillful leadership and direction. good health and strength. an ambition to accomplish. and an intelligence and understanding of the demands made by the duty assigned upon the brain of the laborer. Given these you will .ilways have high wages. and the dull and stupid intellect. the unambitious and unaspiring character of the Asiatic and. very generally speaking. European laborer. in his loathsome surroundings. and lack of advantages of machinery and leadership can no more successfully cope with the higher type of the American laborer than can their generals and private soldiers cope with us on the fields of war. The strong need no protection against the weak any more than those who see need to be led by the blind.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about the dull and stupid intellect, unambitious and unaspiring character of the Asiatic and European laborer.