Cuba produced approximately 150.000 tons. Military and naval operations that so threaten our industrial existence as to make our ultimate capitulation inevitable. such as closing all avenues of import to us. by blockading our ports. or the ports from which we import essential raw materials might easily force us to accept drastic terms to avoid complete collapse or certain military invasion. One such possibility as a condition precedent to peace might very easily be the repeal of our immigration restrictions. Should this bar to orientals be removed the pressure of migration from heavily overpopulated oriental countries might easily In a generation effectively conquer our country. as American labor could not survive in direct competition with lowstandard oriental labor. Soon the United States. for all practical purposes. would become a fareastern colony. No law is stronger than the ability to enforce it. even an immigration law. War. as horrible as it is. should it ever be forced upon us. is better than military conquest or economic slavery. The sacrifices would be heavy for one generation. but the benefits would accrue to many generations for centuries to come.
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Generalization that 'oriental' laborers have low standards and will conquer the country.