Secretary Hull. whom I have known for a great many years. and who is a most estimable gentleman. but who on the other hand is probably the most outstanding freetrader who has been in public life in this generation. has always believed that the way to prosperity Is through tearing down all tariff walls. He deliberately closes his eyes to the fact that we cannot follow his line of reasoning without bringing about a reduction of the American standard of living to the level of that in every country which would compete with us in our own market. Certainly the American farmer does not want to be reduced to the economic standard of the Japanese coolie or the South American peon. Surely the American workingman does not wish to have his standard of living reduced to that of the workingman of all the other countries of the world. including those of the Orient. But this is the thing that will inevitably follow a continuation of the present policy of this administration in their endeavor to promote foreign trade.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about the economic standard of living of Japanese coolies.