I have al. ways been a staunch disciple of the doctrine of a high pro. tective tariff as enunciated and expounded by that great Republican and illustrious American. William McKinley. I have subscribed to that doctrine because I have believed that only by such a tariff can American labor and American industry be safeguarded and protected against the pauper labor of foreign competitive nations. Corollarily. I have always favored a rigid immigration policy on the theory that every alien admitted to the United States reduces in proportion to the number admitted the opportunities of the American laboring man. But. Mr. Chairman. if we are to admit to the markets of America the products of the sweatshops of foreign nations. our restricted immigration policy automatically becomes an idle gesture. During this debate we have heard a great deal about inefficient industry. If I understand Secretary Wallace correctly his definition of inefficient industry is that any industry that cannot operate and produce as cheaply as its competitor is inefficient.
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