Report: to Accompany Bill H.R. 9051, Volumes 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 |
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... trade tendencies which are partly concealed in these proposi- tions to cripple or destroy numerous industries are clearly brought into view by an examination of the list of articles which the bill proposes to place upon the free list ...
... trade tendencies which are partly concealed in these proposi- tions to cripple or destroy numerous industries are clearly brought into view by an examination of the list of articles which the bill proposes to place upon the free list ...
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... trade altar to the fact that neither the interests of a section nor the political control of a District demanded their pres- ervation . In many cases where the manufactured article is placed on the free list a duty is retained on the ...
... trade altar to the fact that neither the interests of a section nor the political control of a District demanded their pres- ervation . In many cases where the manufactured article is placed on the free list a duty is retained on the ...
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... trade , and it would also deprive the farmers of the United States of a profitable market for millions of pounds of hair . In many cases the duty is removed not only from materials , but also from the manufactured product in various ...
... trade , and it would also deprive the farmers of the United States of a profitable market for millions of pounds of hair . In many cases the duty is removed not only from materials , but also from the manufactured product in various ...
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... trade theories enforce , the President and his party have made it perfectly understood , in this country and abroad , that their ac- ceptance of these theories is complete , and that they intend to put the axe to the root of the ...
... trade theories enforce , the President and his party have made it perfectly understood , in this country and abroad , that their ac- ceptance of these theories is complete , and that they intend to put the axe to the root of the ...
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... trade measure , and that it would not injuriously affect the vital interests of any of the large number of persons em- ployed in American industries . In proof of this it is said that the bill proposes an average reduction of only ...
... trade measure , and that it would not injuriously affect the vital interests of any of the large number of persons em- ployed in American industries . In proof of this it is said that the bill proposes an average reduction of only ...
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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.