It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.
I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed except the answer to prayer
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
Revenue on the consumption of foreign articles is paid cheerfully by those who can afford to add foreign luxuries to domestic comforts.
The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.
Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.
I hope every good citizen will never again purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make be the difference in price what it may.
Hyesan people have money, the most after those in Pyongyang, because it's near the border with China. Illegal smuggling businesses and Chinese trading companies operate there, so people can access outside products.
Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.
