Great Debates in American History: Revenue: the tariff and taxationMarion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... cent . of the raw wool used in the United States is brought from other lands , and a tax of 11 or 12 cents is collected on every pound of it . Our high grade woolens cost on an average twice what they do in Europe . The fact is , the ...
... cent . of the raw wool used in the United States is brought from other lands , and a tax of 11 or 12 cents is collected on every pound of it . Our high grade woolens cost on an average twice what they do in Europe . The fact is , the ...
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... cent . Underwear in which there was any mixture of wool cost a fourth more in 1907 than sixteen years before . Bleached muslin used for shirtings was 34 per cent . dearer . That is , their own industries are taking out of the textile ...
... cent . Underwear in which there was any mixture of wool cost a fourth more in 1907 than sixteen years before . Bleached muslin used for shirtings was 34 per cent . dearer . That is , their own industries are taking out of the textile ...
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... cent . , and that of uplifting indirect taxes , such as those of excise and customs , upon the whole , at 30 per cent . Excise had at first been resorted to upon a few manufactures . The dealers indemnify themselves at the expense of ...
... cent . , and that of uplifting indirect taxes , such as those of excise and customs , upon the whole , at 30 per cent . Excise had at first been resorted to upon a few manufactures . The dealers indemnify themselves at the expense of ...
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... cent . more than is required for revenue upon cottons and woolens , which is as much as the duties during the war , and one hundred per cent . more than those prior to the war . In words you are called upon for protection , but what are ...
... cent . more than is required for revenue upon cottons and woolens , which is as much as the duties during the war , and one hundred per cent . more than those prior to the war . In words you are called upon for protection , but what are ...
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... cent . , whereas , in the tariff of 1816 , 25 per cent . had been considered a most liberal protective rate , and had been laid on only a few commodities such as cot- ton , the home manufacture of which was thought espe- cially ...
... cent . , whereas , in the tariff of 1816 , 25 per cent . had been considered a most liberal protective rate , and had been laid on only a few commodities such as cot- ton , the home manufacture of which was thought espe- cially ...
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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