My reason for asking is that about 1914. when I was secretary to the late Senator Stone. of Missouri. he introduced a resolution in the Senate providing that our consular agents abroad should make reports on what they found in the various countries to which they were assigned as to the activities of convict labor. pauper labor. and so forth. The war broke out and those reports were slow in coming in. and if I am not mistaken I have those reports in my possession today. Some of the reports showed that a great mass of goods was being shipped into this country made by convicts and paupers in foreign countries in competition with our free labor. I am absolutely in favor of the passage of this bill. the thought originating in the mind of Senator Stone. of Missouri. back in 1914.
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