 Our labor has earned it, and paid the price for it. It is so much added to the stock of national wealth. If the commodity were dollars, nobody would doubt the truth of this remark; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other commodity...  Report: to Accompany Bill H.R. 9051 - Page 143by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1888Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...national wealth. If the commodity were dollars, nobody would doubt the truth of this remark; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other...under all the circumstances, of obtaining the article; the second is, how far this first question is proper to be decided by government, and how far it is... | |
 | 1830 - 570 pages
...national wealth. If the commodities were dollars, no body would deny the truth of this remark ; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other...and the only questions that arise in the case are two—the first is, which is the best mode under all the curcumstances of obtaining the article; and... | |
 | 1830 - 584 pages
...national wealth. If the commodities were dollars, no body would deny the truth of this remark ; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other commodity as to sdver. One man makes a yard of cloth at home, another raises agricultural products, and buys a yard... | |
 | Henry Lee - Free Trade Convention - 1832 - 216 pages
...national wealth. If the commodity were dollars, nobody would doubt the truth of this remark ; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other commodity, as to silver." Again — upon that extraordinary and unwarrantable imposition practised upon the credulity of the... | |
 | Henry Lee - Free trade - 1832 - 214 pages
...national wealth. If the commodity were dollars, nobody would doubt the truth of this remark ; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other commodity, as to silver. Again — upon that extraordinary and unwarrantable imposition practised upon the credulity of the... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 582 pages
...national wealth. If the commodity were dollars, nobody would doubt the truth of this remark ; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other...under all the circumstances, of obtaining the article ; the second is, how far this first question is proper to be decided by government, and how far it... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 574 pages
...national wealth. If the commodity were dollars, nobody would doubt the truth of this remark ; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other...under all the circumstances, of obtaining the article ; the second is, how far this first question is proper to be decided by government, and how far it... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Constitutional history - 1855 - 1032 pages
...own. But was it not the product of our own labor as truly as if we had manufactured it ourselves ? One man makes a yard of cloth at home ; another raises...products, and buys a yard of imported cloth. Both are the earnings of domestic industry ; and the only questions arising in the case are two: (1.) Which... | |
 | Joseph Gales - United States - 1824 - 872 pages
...national wealth. If the commodity were dollars, nobody would doubt the truth of this remark : and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other...products, and buys a yard of imported cloth. Both thcse are equally the earnings of domestic industry, and the only questions that arise in the case... | |
 | William B. Dana - Commerce - 1861 - 968 pages
...occupation of commerce and navigation were not as emphatically domestic industry as any other occupation. One man makes a yard of cloth at home ; another raises...imported cloth. Both these are equally the earnings of American industry. There is no foundation for the distinction which attributes to certain employments... | |
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