A ceiling placed against the relentless encroachment on the domestic industry would enable our own producers to look to the future with confidence. They could promote domestic consumption with the knowledge that as it expanded they would benefit from the expansion rather than see it supplied by imports. The quota bill that I have introduced would not shut out imports or even cut them back sharply. but it would hold them within bounds. I recognize the need of Japan to sell extensively in this country. but I do not for a minute admit that our industry is bound to stand by and allow the domestic market to be taken away from it. The principal advantage of those who supply these imports after all comes from the much lower wage standards to which they are wedded.
Identified stereotypes
Japanese workers are characterized as having lower wage standards.