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" 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... "
Report: to Accompany Bill H.R. 9051 - Page 143
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1888
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments

Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...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...under all the circumstances, of obtaining the article; the second is, how far this first question is proper to be decided by government, and how far it is...
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The Southern Review, Volume 6

1830 - 570 pages
...national wealth. If the commodities were dollars, no body would deny the truth of this remark ; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other...and the only questions that arise in the case are two—the first is, which is the best mode under all the curcumstances of obtaining the article; and...
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Southern Review, Volume 6

1830 - 584 pages
...national wealth. If the commodities were dollars, no body would deny the truth of this remark ; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other commodity as to sdver. One man makes a yard of cloth at home, another raises agricultural products, and buys a yard...
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An Exposition of Evidence in Support of the Memorial to Congress: "setting ...

Henry Lee - 1832 - 216 pages
...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." Again — upon that extraordinary and unwarrantable imposition practised upon the credulity of the...
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An Expostition of Evidence in Support of the Memorial to Congress ..., Issue 4

Henry Lee - 1832 - 208 pages
...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. Again — upon that extraordinary and unwarrantable imposition practised upon the credulity of the...
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The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in the convention to amend the ...

Daniel Webster - 1851 - 582 pages
...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...under all the circumstances, of obtaining the article ; the second is, how far this first question is proper to be decided by government, and how far it...
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Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts ...

Daniel Webster - 1853 - 574 pages
...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...under all the circumstances, of obtaining the article ; the second is, how far this first question is proper to be decided by government, and how far it...
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The American Statesman: A Political History Exhibiting the Origin, Nature ...

Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 pages
...own. But was it not the product of our own labor as truly as if we had manufactured it ourselves ? One man makes a yard of cloth at home ; another raises...products, and buys a yard of imported cloth. Both are the earnings of domestic industry ; and the only questions arising in the case are two: (1.) Which...
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The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an ...

Joseph Gales - 1824 - 872 pages
...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...products, and buys a yard of imported cloth. Both thcse are equally the earnings of domestic industry, and the only questions that arise in the case...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 44

William B. Dana - 1861 - 968 pages
...occupation of commerce and navigation were not as emphatically domestic industry as any other occupation. One man makes a yard of cloth at home ; another raises...imported cloth. Both these are equally the earnings of American industry. There is no foundation for the distinction which attributes to certain employments...
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