Why we permit these competitive imports or products from other lands to be dumped into the United States while our own workmen are in the breadlines is beyond my comprehension. As long as we maintain the American standard of living there is not the slightest hope of Americas competing with the cheap labor of Europe and Asia unless we give ample protection to American industry and agriculture. I know of no loyal citizen who wants to put the American worker and the American business man on the same living standard as the European and Asiatic. Yet every day and every month we are on our way to these European and Asiatic standards. Foreign debased currency has completely demoralized industry and agriculture in the United States. Our workers are in the bread lines. yes. in poverty. while foreign workmen are happily at work because they can dump their products on our shores. As I see it. the slogan for European and Asiatic workers is. "Put the American worker into the bread lines and let us work !" We need emergency legislation for a special impost on all imports. equal to the amount of depreciation in the country or origin below the normal dollar of that currency. Our Government. through contractors. is buying foreign products while our workers our idle. It is bad enough for us to refuse legislation which will bar these products. but when it comes to the Government of the United States levying a tax on the American people and using that tax money to buy foreignmade products while its own are idle.
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European and Asian workers are characterized as accepting lower living standards and taking jobs from American workers.