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title: '"Goods will be so much cheaper"--Democratic argument. But what will become of all the American industries?'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/goods-cheaper-democratic-argument-1888/
description: Full-page cartoon from Judge, 22 September 1888. A giant top-hatted figure stands at a door marked "Protection" from which a flood labelled "European…
section: Collection
---

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# "Goods will be so much cheaper"--Democratic argument. But what will become of all the American industries?

Full-page cartoon from Judge, 22 September 1888. A giant top-hatted figure stands at a door marked "Protection" from which a flood labelled "European pauper manufactures" pours over a valley of factories labelled "American factory"; the caption quotes the Democratic argument and asks what becomes of American industries. The flood is staged as imminent harm (fear-appeal) and "pauper" is a loaded label for European goods (name-calling). It argues the Republican position and is grouped on that side.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Judge / PROTECTION / EUROPEAN PAUPER MANUFACTURES / AMERICAN FACTORY [on several buildings] / "GOODS WILL BE SO MUCH CHEAPER."--Democratic Argument. / But what will become of all the American Industries?
```

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