Excerpt from Adam Clarke, a Story of the Toilers: Being a Narrative of the Experiences of a Family of British Emigrants to the United States in Cotton Mill, Iron Foundry, Coal Mine, and Other Fields of Labor The humbug of a revenue system, which places a high tariff on foreign goods, while permitting the free admission of foreign labor to make so-called American goods, is perhaps inadequately illustrated in the chapter dealing with Senator Palmitch's speech in behalf of protection for American indus try, addressed to an audience which did not include a single American, or even English-speaking for eigners. American workers are becoming aroused to the fact that the present system is for the benefit of manufacturers only, and that the workingman in mill, factory and mine has absolutely no protec tion against the overwhelming competition of a Niagara of foreign labor, much of it objectionable from both physical and moral standpoints, which pours daily in a vast torrent into the United States from all parts of Europe, and even adjoining Asia. If this little book shall serve to excite the real Amer ican workingman to greater vigilance on this all important question, to quicken selfish capital to a keener sense of its obligations to those whose toil makes capital productive, and to animate the wealthy with more of the true Christian spirit in dealing with the helpless and unfortunate, it will ac complish the aim of the author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.