Great Debates in American History: Revenue: the tariff and taxationMarion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... adopted for the sake of producing generous wages for labor . It was adopted because the rewards to labor in the new country were already generous and promised to be more so . There is another equally important point to remem- ber , and ...
... adopted for the sake of producing generous wages for labor . It was adopted because the rewards to labor in the new country were already generous and promised to be more so . There is another equally important point to remem- ber , and ...
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... adopted until four years later , an act was passed in 1791 by which alcoholic beverages were subjected to a moderate ... adopt by which they can diminish the weight of the tax - no breweries or orchards to furnish a substitute for ...
... adopted until four years later , an act was passed in 1791 by which alcoholic beverages were subjected to a moderate ... adopt by which they can diminish the weight of the tax - no breweries or orchards to furnish a substitute for ...
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... adopted here , but it was hard to say where the subject might , one day , end . Statesmen , in general , do not study the liberty , the virtue , or the comforts of the people , but merely to collect as much revenue as they can . Taxes ...
... adopted here , but it was hard to say where the subject might , one day , end . Statesmen , in general , do not study the liberty , the virtue , or the comforts of the people , but merely to collect as much revenue as they can . Taxes ...
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... adopt a permanent protection , or one which would exclude those goods already in the country . From the course pursued by the Government for some years back , the community had a right to expect relief from the danger to which the ...
... adopt a permanent protection , or one which would exclude those goods already in the country . From the course pursued by the Government for some years back , the community had a right to expect relief from the danger to which the ...
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... adopt the measure proposed . After having advanced in prosperity and improvement far be- yond the march of any other nation on the globe , in the same period of time , you are now called upon to reject the admoni- tions of experience ...
... adopt the measure proposed . After having advanced in prosperity and improvement far be- yond the march of any other nation on the globe , in the same period of time , you are now called upon to reject the admoni- tions of experience ...
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abroad ad valorem agricultural amendment American believe benefit Benton McMillin bounty Canada capital cent Chairman commerce committee competition Congress Constitution consumer cost cotton demand Democratic side Dingley dollars England export factures farmer favor foreign free list free raw material free trade free-trade gentleman give Government House imported income tax increase industry interests iron Jerry Simpson labor legislation manu manufactures McKinley Means measure ment millions Mills Nelson Dingley opposed the bill party pig iron political present President principle profits proposed prosperity protective system protective tariff question raise rate of duty reciprocity reduce Republican side revenue Roger Q Senate Sereno E South Speaker steel sugar surplus tariff bill tariff of 1824 taxation things tion to-day treasury trust United valorem vote wages wealth wheat William William C. P. Breckinridge William McKinley wool woolen