The imposition of 25 cents a bushel on corn is largely a gesture unless affirmative action be taken looking to the imposition of duty on these foreign starches. Starch is the principal product of corn. It is an obvious absurdity to impose 25 cents a bushel on corn to keep out the corn while substitutes for the starch produced from corn which are the output of cheap coolie labor are let in free. If sugar is to be made dutiable in the interest of the beet grower. if flour is to be made dutiable in the interest of the wheat grower. I can conceive of no justifiable reason why starch should not be made dutiable in the interest of the corn grower.
Identified stereotypes
Associating 'coolie labor' with cheap labor that undermines American producers.