As to Mr. ANDURSONS objections to the issuance of " scrip." this I have already covered elsewhere. As to his statement that the purpose of the MeNaryHaugen bill is as " old as history itself" this also is partially true. and the reason it is true is because for many years under the protective system the great industries of this country have made the farmer stand for this principle whether he liked it or not. and even so our workingmen have been and are at this hour protected. against the socalled " pauper labor of Europe." Therefore. can anybody blame the farmer for also hankering after a little of the " pie "? And. finally. his suggestion that it will lead to " overproduction". in the first place every intelligent farmer will realize that this would " kill the goose that laid the golden egg." and also the commission is empowered to withdraw its support whenever the menace of overproduction becomes manifest with reference to any given commodity. In the meantime. to oppose the bill on this score is a good deal like advising astarving man against eating on the theory that he might die of indigestion!
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about European laborers being 'pauper labor'