This bill aims to protect an infant industry. It aims to protect American shipyards. employing highpaid American labor. as against cheaply paid Europeans. It aims to protect wellpaid. wellfed. wellhoused American seamen as opposed to the coolie labor of our competitors. I am in favor of the American protective policy as applied to our ships at sea just the same as I am in favor of protecting American agriculture and industry on land. It is exactly the same proposition. and I can not understand hlow any man who claims to be a protectionist and believes in it can be unwilling to give this industry the same protection he asks for his home products.