No doubt the Senator from Washington has seen more bags made from burlap. which is processed Jute. The reason for that lies in the difference in the cost of production of cotton bags on account of the difference in the standards of living between the cotton farmer and the coolies producing jute. This merely emphasized the necessity for affording some protection to the American cotton farmer in the American market. if he is not to be driven to the standard of living of those producing jute in the Orient. I have in my hand a statement- furnished by the Department of Agriculture showing the wages paid to the jute farmers. the female wage ranges from 7.9 cents to 9.1 cents a: day. and the male wage ranges from 12.1 cents to 15.2 cents a day.
Identified stereotypes
Associating jute production with low standards of living of coolies