[hedgetrimmer]

So a farmer is allowed to protect his property, his crop, with protectionism.

How about the fisherman? Can he protect his property,his boat, by protectionism? Can he protect the fish stocks in American waters, by not allowing foreign vessels in to fish our stocks? Can he make sure his boat is not made worthless by flooding American markets with foreign fish? Does he have the right to do that? For surely the fishing industry can be threatened just as other food supplies by pernicious foreign producers.