Great Debates in American History: Revenue: the tariff and taxationMarion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... discussion of the reasons upon which it is founded , is demonstrated by fact . He instanced the porters of London , from whom , in the single article of beer , were drawn ten times as much as could be pro- cured by the most rigorous ...
... discussion of the reasons upon which it is founded , is demonstrated by fact . He instanced the porters of London , from whom , in the single article of beer , were drawn ten times as much as could be pro- cured by the most rigorous ...
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... discussion was a new tariff laid on manufactures of almost every description , with ad valorem duties on some articles and specific duties on others . This bill was proposed as the result of a report of the Congressional Committee on ...
... discussion was a new tariff laid on manufactures of almost every description , with ad valorem duties on some articles and specific duties on others . This bill was proposed as the result of a report of the Congressional Committee on ...
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... discussion , been placed in the foreground , and admitted to be the principal object for which so enormous a tax is laid upon the people of this country - a tax , the proceeds of which , so far as it means protection , are never to ...
... discussion , been placed in the foreground , and admitted to be the principal object for which so enormous a tax is laid upon the people of this country - a tax , the proceeds of which , so far as it means protection , are never to ...
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... discussion and consideration of these opposite opinions , for the purpose of ascertaining which has the support of truth and reason , we should , therefore , exercise every indulgence , and the greatest spirit of mutual moderation and ...
... discussion and consideration of these opposite opinions , for the purpose of ascertaining which has the support of truth and reason , we should , therefore , exercise every indulgence , and the greatest spirit of mutual moderation and ...
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... discussing specific schedules , and hence their speeches are of little interest . The opposition , however , was rich in oratorical denuncia- tion of the principle of the bill and its political animus , terming it a " bill of ...
... discussing specific schedules , and hence their speeches are of little interest . The opposition , however , was rich in oratorical denuncia- tion of the principle of the bill and its political animus , terming it a " bill of ...
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ad valorem adopted agricultural amendment American amount Applause believe benefit Benton McMillin bounty burden Canada capital cent Chairman commerce committee competition Congress Constitution consumer cost cotton demand Democratic side Dingley direct tax dollars England equal excise export factures farmer favor foreign free list free trade free-trade gentleman give Government House imported imposed income tax increase industry interests iron labor land Laughter legislation levied manu manufac McKinley means measure ment millions nation Nelson Dingley object opposed party pig iron political present President principle profits proposed proposition prosperity protective system protective tariff question raise rate of duty raw material reciprocity reduce Republican side revenue Roger Q Senate Sereno E South Speaker tariff bill tariff of 1824 taxation things tion to-day treasury United valorem vote wages wealth whole William C. P. Breckinridge William McKinley wool
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Page 176 - God had called him to; and the consideration of the sacred declaration, " that he who does not provide for his own household, has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel," had such an impressive effect on his mind, that it almost deprived him of his senses.
Page 6 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page 416 - I am for it, because I hope to see the day when the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the north pole!
Page 65 - ... that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers, draws out the harmony of the universe.
Page 222 - Our scheme of taxation, by means of which this needless surplus is taken from the people and put into the public Treasury...
Page 222 - It is not proposed to entirely relieve the country of this taxation. It must be extensively continued as the source of the Government's income ; and in a readjustment of our tariff the interests of American labor engaged in manufacture should be carefully considered, as well as the preservation of our manufacturers.
Page 29 - Without commerce, industry would have no stimulus ; without manufactures, it would be without the means of production ; and without agriculture neither of the others can subsist.
Page 46 - A most important question for every nation, as well as for every individual, to propose to itself, is, how it can best apply that quantity of labor which it is able to perform. Labor is the great producer of wealth ; it moves all other causes. If it call machinery to its aid, it is still employed, not only in using the machinery, but in making it. Now, with respect to the quantity of labor, as we all know, different nations are differently circumstanced. Some need, more than...
Page 39 - ... interests is felt in the same degree, and cherished with the same solicitude, throughout all parts of the Union. Some of them are peculiar to particular sections of our common country. But all these great interests are confided to the protection of one government— to the fate of one ship; and a most gallant ship it is, with a noble crew.
Page 222 - The question thus imperatively presented for solution should be approached in a spirit higher than partisanship and considered in the light of that regard for patriotic duty which should characterize the action of those intrusted with the weal of a confiding people.