Stock Market Frances

Re "A Sweatshop Is Better Than Nothing," Commentary, April 25: Daniel Jacobs claims to see labor exploitation "through the eyes of those my money will benefit" rather than through the moral standards held by the "eyes of America." He is right and wrong. They are all the same eyes. Actually, Jacobs' desire is very consistent with both "the Western ideal of universal human rights" and American morality. It represents the latest manifestation of a long European and American tradition of making money by exploiting others--while calling the process charity.