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Show American labor should be protected by tariff duties that at least equal the difference in cost of production at home and abroad. Temporary shortage short-age of world supply may maintain prices for a time, as in the case of wool, but placing on the free list commodities produced in competition with cheap labor abroad must ultimately bring hardship to American industry. The American farmer should be aided in borrowing money at rates of interest as low as paid by others who give security equally sound, but it is more important im-portant that he be aided in securing such a price for his products as will relieve him of the need of borrowing except in case of emergency. |