Their ability to purchase our products should as far as possible be secured by so arranging our tariff as to enable us to take from them those products which we can use without harm to our own industries and labor, or the use of which will be of marked benefit to us.
This quote reflects Roosevelt's strategy to ensure that foreign purchasing power is maintained through careful tariff arrangements.
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