The trouble was because he could buy it so much cheaper abroad. where labor costs practically nothing at all. It would be a mistaken policy. of course. so far as his selfish interests are concerned. to encourage the industry in this country. That policy runs all the way through in a great many different lines. if you please. the sugar we grow in this country is not quite so sweet. in the estimation of some people. as the sugar that is grown in Cuba. for instance. with the cheap native labor. and in many cases coolie labor sent to the island under contract from China. I am very glad to.see some of the Senators across the aisle -voting for protection. I hope the time will come when there will be no division in this body on the great principle of protection. so that every American industry. so far as that is concerned. will be treated fairly. whether it is located in the East. in the West. in the North. or in the South.