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I congratulate him. He has heretofore demonstrated his title to eminence in favor of a protective tariff. and today he has again vindicated that fine record. I was moved by his pointing out with so much vividness how the farmers without an adequate tariff have to compete with the pauper labor of other lands. but I am hoping today to enlist the assistance of the Senator from California in behalf of the farmers in another respect. It is difficult for the farmer to compete with the pauper labor of other lands. but it is much easier for him to make a successful fight against that character of competition than it is against storms and drought and flood and the elements. It is hard for the farmer to overcome an act of God. when nature fails to respond to his efforts to cultivate the soil. when the rains are scant and scarce. when the dews fail to fall.. and when the sun parches what little vegetation there is on the face of the earth. So while we are struggling here today over the momentous question of whether Mr.