Report: to Accompany Bill H.R. 9051, Volumes 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 |
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Page 99
... mean steadier work to more employés , and the shivering consumer reaps a benefit measured not by cents but by dollars per ounce , and the only destruc- tion which followed in the wake of this reduction was of what was then the most ...
... mean steadier work to more employés , and the shivering consumer reaps a benefit measured not by cents but by dollars per ounce , and the only destruc- tion which followed in the wake of this reduction was of what was then the most ...
Page 125
... Means in 1862 , Mr. Thaddeus Stevens , himself a protectionist , and certainly in favor of the protection of the great interest of Pennsylvania , iron . He made a pledge upon this floor in 1862 that those additions of duties upon ...
... Means in 1862 , Mr. Thaddeus Stevens , himself a protectionist , and certainly in favor of the protection of the great interest of Pennsylvania , iron . He made a pledge upon this floor in 1862 that those additions of duties upon ...
Page 152
... mean that they deliberately propose to surrender the markets of the world to foreign nations for all time to come in order to still further enhanch the cost to the American consumers of the goods they produce , I am incapable of ...
... mean that they deliberately propose to surrender the markets of the world to foreign nations for all time to come in order to still further enhanch the cost to the American consumers of the goods they produce , I am incapable of ...
Page 154
... mean to be content with our own market . We should seek to promote closer and more friendly commercial re- lations with the Central and South American States . [ Applause . ] And what is es- sential to that end ? Regular mails are the ...
... mean to be content with our own market . We should seek to promote closer and more friendly commercial re- lations with the Central and South American States . [ Applause . ] And what is es- sential to that end ? Regular mails are the ...
Page 155
... means legalized robbery of the masses to enrich a favored class . I have shown that the Supreme Court of the United States ... mean to be content with our own markets , " and he urges subsidies for steam - ship lines to Central and South ...
... means legalized robbery of the masses to enrich a favored class . I have shown that the Supreme Court of the United States ... mean to be content with our own markets , " and he urges subsidies for steam - ship lines to Central and South ...
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Page 127 - Cloaks, dolmans, jackets, talmas, ulsters, or other outside garments for ladies' and children's apparel and goods of similar description, or used for like purposes...
Page 140 - To lay with one hand the power of the Government on the property of the citizen and with the other to bestow It upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation.
Page 140 - If it be said that a benefit results to the local public of a town by establishing manufactures, the same may be said of any other business or pursuit which employs capital or labor. The merchant, the mechanic, the innkeeper, the banker, the builder, the steamboat owner are equally promoters of the public good, and equally deserving the aid of the citizens by forced contributions. No line can be drawn in favor of the manufacturer which would not open the coffers of the public treasury to the importunities...
Page 345 - ... made of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, and silk goods ornamented with beads or spangles, of whatever material composed, sixty per centum ad valorem...
Page 126 - And provided further, That no article made from iron or steel wire, or of which iron or steel wire is a component part of chief value, shall pay a less rate of duty than the iron or steel wire from which it is made...
Page 56 - ... resins, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, roots and stems, spices, vegetables, seeds (aromatic, not garden seeds), and seeds of morbid growth, weeds, woods used expressly for dyeing, and dried insects, any of the foregoing...
Page 143 - 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 as to silver.
Page 63 - That imported salt in bond may be used in curing fish taken by vessels licensed to engage in the fisheries, and in curing fish on the shores of the navigable waters of the United States...
Page 58 - ... old copper, fit only for remanufacture, clippings from new copper, and all composition metal of which copper is a component material of chief value not specially enumerated or provided for in this act...
Page 62 - Hair, human, bracelets, braids, chains, rings, curls, and ringlets, composed of hair, or of which hair is the component material of chief value, thirtyfive per centum ad valorem.