May I suggest that the Department of States whole longrange program for international trade involves a philosophy which not only fails to meet the immediate needs abroad. but is regarded by hundreds of thousands of American producers as a threat to their own security. Scores of American industries have already gone on record In direct and complete opposition to the theory that American industry. American farmers. and American labor must compete directly with lowcost peasant and coolie labor abroad. and that the national interest or world interest will in any way be served by the elimination of the countless industries in which our citizens have invested their lives and fortunes. The logical outcome of this policy would make us a nation of specialists. engaged only in certain mass production enterprises. and dependent upon producers abroad who are admittedly more efficientif low costs due to cheap labor constitute efficiencyin the production of shoes. textiles. chemicals. ceramics. sugar. cotton. wool. and other commodities on which our national life depends. This present situation. pertaining to the importation of edible nuts. dates. and figs. well illustrates the consequences of such a policy.
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Generalization about low-cost peasant and coolie labor threatening American producers.