(Think China as you read this) "[British manufacturers] disgorged upon us all their Stores of Merchandise and Manufactures not only without profit but at a Certain loss for a time—with the express purpose of Annihilating all our Manufacturer's, and ruining all our Manufactories The Cheapness of these Articles allures us into extravagance and Luxury's, involves us in debt—exhausts our resources—and at length produces Universal complaint"—John Adams
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