Canadian butter. other Canadian dairy products. and all Canadian farm products come over our border without tiny tariff and compete with the products of the American farmers. . It is rerrarkable that many of our southern Democratic friends. particular in another body. weep crocodile tears while expounding and advocating a bight protective tariff for the products of their own State. and then oppose as bitterly as they can protection for the products of other States. I can not understand the Represerntatives from the great Southland who advocate that all immigration be stopped in the name of protecting American workmen standing on the floor of the House and opposing a taiff which is necessary to prevent unfair coinpetition of the products of those alieils while residing in their own country. I am one of those who voted against the Blease amnendment to the cement schedule. We were told that if the Blease amendment was not adopted the costs of tine subways MAY .2 in New York and of roads In the Southern States would be higher. If that is a good reason for bringing the cheap foreign cement. produced by alien labor. to this country. to lower the cost of subways in New York City and the roads in South Carolina. I submit the cost could be further reduced if legislation would be enacted to exempt alien workers for those projects from the immigration quota. and have each ship that brings in the foreign cement also transport the allen workers. The motion of the gentleman from Oregon properly retains telephone. trolley. electriclight. and telegraph poles of cedar or other woods on the free list. These poles are not manufactured. only the limbs and outer bark being removed. all other processes of manufacture. such as shaving. roofing. gaining. and creosoting. being done in this country by American labor. there is. then. no question of competition with manufactured lumber.
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