But before entering upon a discussion of the oil business as it affects the people of the United States. I Wish to say that I am a sincere believer in the governmental policy of the protective tariff for industries. including both capital and labor of the United States. In order that the protectivetariff system may provide the industries and markets of the United States for our own citizens it is necessary to have immigration restriction laws which will operate to make the protectivetariff policy effective. The immigration laws should be used to limit the number of employees. Americans first. and secondly. to immigrants. to meet. the requirements for labor. If we have too many employees. then the protectivetariff system will not properly function. There must be just enough laborers for the work to be done. not too many. This can be regulated through our immigration laws. I believe that our import duties should be higher than what may be necessary to merely represent the difference between the productive cost. of the imported goods on the one hand and the productive cost of our United States products on the other. hand. A mere competitive tariff. such as would represent the difference between the cost of producing the imported goods and the cost of producing our Americanmade goods. would be ineffective to produce the most beneficial results to our American industry and labor.
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