I propose to place a tariff on the raw jute. I have a bill imposing a duty of 3 cents a pound on raw jute. and a higher rate on bagging made of jute. Senators. let me call your attention to the fact that jute is made by the pauper labor of India. The prices paid to lhbor in India are ridiculously low. I have a scald of the wages paid to laborers in the jute mills of India. which I will insert in the RECORD as a part of my remarks. but the prices do not compare with those we pay labor here. Pauper labor makes jute and manufactures it. and that pauper jute product comes to this country in competition with the cotton which is made by our highpriced. highgrade labor. Now I yield to the Senator from Tennessee.
Identified stereotypes
Jute is made by 'pauper labor' in India, implying low wages and unfair competition.