In order to be perfectly fair. we should always look not to the amount of wages paid but to their buying power. Event were there no figures to sustain the claim that the buying power of American wages is greater than is the case with the wages of any other country of the world. ho one would have any doubt on this point if he stopped to consider the better food. better living conditions. conveniences. and luxuries enjoyed by American wage earners that are unknowil to foreigners doing similar work. and which can be bought by the American only because his wages are not only higher in amount. but have a vastly greater buying power. The fact that millions of people in Europe would gladly leave their homes to come to America. if not stopped by strict immigration laws. proves that even the most ignorant classes of Europe thoroughly understand these conditions. Mark Twain. in "A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthurs Court." hunorously discussed the tariff from the nonprotection. ist standpoint. but nevertheless with logic and sound argument. if the hypothesis upon which he based the logic had been equally correct. The transmuted Connecticut Yankee. who had become "the boss" at King Arthurs court. is represented as discussing protection with a peasant of a neighboring protectionist country: Why. look here.
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Millions of people in Europe would gladly leave their homes to come to America.