The Protectionist, Volume 22Home Market Club, 1911 - Protectionism A monthly magazine of political science and industrial progress. |
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... cent . of the entire vol- ume of British exports , and the shipping which carried it away represented over 50 per cent . of the tonnage cleared from the United Kingdom in that year . The increase of nearly 22,000,000 tons of coal and ...
... cent . of the entire vol- ume of British exports , and the shipping which carried it away represented over 50 per cent . of the tonnage cleared from the United Kingdom in that year . The increase of nearly 22,000,000 tons of coal and ...
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... cent . The proportion of partly manufactured foodstuffs in 1880 was 23.47 per cent .; in 1907 it was only 18.65 per cent . During the period our exports of raw materials , which formed 28.98 per cent of the total exports in 1880 , in ...
... cent . The proportion of partly manufactured foodstuffs in 1880 was 23.47 per cent .; in 1907 it was only 18.65 per cent . During the period our exports of raw materials , which formed 28.98 per cent of the total exports in 1880 , in ...
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... cent . tariff monopoly , we look out for the 400 per cent . whisky monop- oly . " For years an active campaign against the tariff was kept up by two forces , the importers who desired to bring in cheap foreign goods , and the whisky ...
... cent . tariff monopoly , we look out for the 400 per cent . whisky monop- oly . " For years an active campaign against the tariff was kept up by two forces , the importers who desired to bring in cheap foreign goods , and the whisky ...
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... cent . In England in 1871 the per- centage of the people living in towns was 27 1/2 , and in 1905 , 35 per cent . , or an increase of 7 1/2 per cent . In Germany it had in- creased by 14 per cent .; while in the Fatherland towns of ...
... cent . In England in 1871 the per- centage of the people living in towns was 27 1/2 , and in 1905 , 35 per cent . , or an increase of 7 1/2 per cent . In Germany it had in- creased by 14 per cent .; while in the Fatherland towns of ...
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... cent .; oats , 10 per cent .; rye , 15 per cent .; cattle , 2 per cent .; and there has been larger in- creases only in milk , butter and sheep . Living is also dear because of prodigality , wastefulness and lack of care and judgment in ...
... cent .; oats , 10 per cent .; rye , 15 per cent .; cattle , 2 per cent .; and there has been larger in- creases only in milk , butter and sheep . Living is also dear because of prodigality , wastefulness and lack of care and judgment in ...
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Page 112 - I am up as a mark, they will be continually aimed. The publications in Freneau's and Bache's papers are outrages on common decency; and they progress in that style, in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt, and are passed by in silence, by those at whom they are aimed.
Page 243 - 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 245 - To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government of the Confederate States; but no bounties shall be granted from the treasury ; nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations be laid to promote or foster any branch of industry; and all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout...
Page 514 - I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the Treasury to defray the expenses of the Government economically administered. In adjusting the details of a revenue tariff, I have heretofore sanctioned such moderate discriminating duties as would produce the amount of revenue needed, and at the same time afford reasonable incidental protection to our home industry.
Page 514 - In adjusting the details of a revenue tariff, I have heretofore sanctioned such moderate discriminating duties as would produce the amount of revenue needed, and at the same time afford reasonable incidental protection to our home industry. I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue.
Page 479 - Is still true that you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.
Page 335 - But if particular nations grasp at undue shares, and, more especially, if they seize on the means of the United States, to convert them into aliment for their own strength, and withdraw them entirely from the support of those to whom they belong, defensive and protecting measures become necessary on the part of the nation whose marine resources are thus invaded...
Page 581 - President under limitations fixed in the law, the maximum to be available to meet discriminations by foreign countries against American goods entering their markets, and the minimum to represent the normal measure of protection at home; the aim and purpose of the Republican policy being not only to preserve, without excessive duties, that security against foreign competition to which American manufacturers, farmers and producers are entitled, but also to maintain the high standard of living of the...
Page 215 - In this conclusion, I am confirmed as well by the opinions of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, who have each repeatedly recommended the exercise of this right under the Constitution, as by the uniform practice of Congress, the continued acquiescence of the States, and the general understanding of the people.
Page 331 - ... be many decreases, and that in some few things increases would be found to be necessary ; but that on the whole I conceived that the change of conditions would make the revision necessarily downward — and that, I contend, under the showing which I have made, has been the result of the Payne bill. I did not. agree, nor did the Republican party agree, that we would reduce rates to such a point as to reduce prices by the introduction of foreign competition.