The two-faced protectionist
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The two-faced protectionist
The two-faced protectionist. Illustration shows a gigantic, two-faced man wearing a money-bag crown with $ around it, sitting on a US Custom House on the shore of USA.; he is holding up two pieces of paper, one addressed To the American Working Men which states Preserve the high tariff and protect yourselves from the competition of foreign cheap labor. The tariff maintains for you the American standard of living, and the other, addressed To Foreign Labor states Come over to free America and work. High wages and steady employment. You will make more here in a week than you can there in a month. Gathered on the shores are American laborers and foreign laborers. Date 1912 March 13. The two-faced protectionist. Illustration shows a gigantic, two-faced man wearing a money-bag crown with $ around it, sitting on a US Custom House on the shore of USA.; he is holding up two pieces of paper, one addressed To the American Working Men which states Preserve the high tariff and protect yourselves from the competition of foreign cheap labor. The tariff maintains for you the American standard of living, and the other, addressed To Foreign Labor states Come over to free America and work. High wages and steady employment. You will make more here in a week than you can there in a month. Gathered on the shores are American laborers and foreign laborers. Date 1912 March 13
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