Testimony Taken by the Subcommittee on the Tariff of the Senate Committee on Finance in Connection with the Bill H.R. 9051: To Reduce Taxation and Simplify the Laws in Relation to the Collection of the Revenue ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 - 924 pages |
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... average annual quantity of wool consumed by our manufacturers from 1840 to 1887 was as follows : Amount of wool consumed by American manufacturers by decades - average per annum . 1841 - '50 .. 1851 - '60 1861 - '70 . 1871 - '80 ...
... average annual quantity of wool consumed by our manufacturers from 1840 to 1887 was as follows : Amount of wool consumed by American manufacturers by decades - average per annum . 1841 - '50 .. 1851 - '60 1861 - '70 . 1871 - '80 ...
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... average annual importation of all manufactures of wool except carpets , for the years 1868 to 1883 , under the tariff of 1867 , was $ 34,129,676.21 . The average annual value of the same importations under act of March 3 , 1883 , in the ...
... average annual importation of all manufactures of wool except carpets , for the years 1868 to 1883 , under the tariff of 1867 , was $ 34,129,676.21 . The average annual value of the same importations under act of March 3 , 1883 , in the ...
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... average reduction of only $ 4.32 on every $ 100 of dutiable merchandise imported . The average ad valorem rate assessed on all dutiable goods in 1887 was 47.10 per cent . , and it is assumed that the average rate under the terms of the ...
... average reduction of only $ 4.32 on every $ 100 of dutiable merchandise imported . The average ad valorem rate assessed on all dutiable goods in 1887 was 47.10 per cent . , and it is assumed that the average rate under the terms of the ...
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... average ad - valorem rate upon all articles enumerated in the bill of 42.78 per cent . , it would actually retain ... average reduction in rates can be estimated by another method , viz , by a direct comparison of every item of existing ...
... average ad - valorem rate upon all articles enumerated in the bill of 42.78 per cent . , it would actually retain ... average reduction in rates can be estimated by another method , viz , by a direct comparison of every item of existing ...
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... average ad - valorem rate which it imposes upon dutiable articles . It is the distribution and relation of rates , and not the average rate imposed on all articles , which determine the character of a tariff . For instance , the average ...
... average ad - valorem rate which it imposes upon dutiable articles . It is the distribution and relation of rates , and not the average rate imposed on all articles , which determine the character of a tariff . For instance , the average ...
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Page 178 - We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection ; we protest against its destruction as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the interests of Europe ; we will support the interests of America.
Page 554 - Class one, that is to say, merino, mestiza, metz, or metis wools, or other wools of Merino blood, immediate or remote, Down "clothing wools, and wools of like character...
Page 138 - ... bear the burden of national taxation, like other wrongs, multiplies a brood of evil consequences. The public treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate objects of expenditure...
Page 140 - ... are classed as employed in manufacturing and mining. For present purposes, however, the last number given should be considerably reduced. Without attempting to enumerate all, it will be conceded that there should be deducted from those which it includes 375,143 carpenters and joiners, 285,401 milliners, dressmakers, and seamstresses, 172,726 blacksmiths...
Page 139 - Our scheme of taxation, by means of which this needless surplus is taken from the people and put into the public Treasury, consists of a tariff or duty levied upon importations from abroad.
Page 459 - On cloths, knit fabrics, and all manufactures of every description made wholly or in part of wool, not specially provided for in this Act...
Page 60 - ... been advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture, and not specially provided for in this act, ten per centum ad valorem.
Page 245 - ... cents or less per pound, six-tenths of one cent per pound. Iron or steel, flat with longitudinal ribs for the manufacture of fencing, sixtenths of a cent per pound.
Page 139 - ... duty adds to the imported articles. Those who buy imports pay the duty charged thereon into the public treasury, but the great majority of our citizens, who buy domestic articles of the same class, pay a sum at least approximately equal to this duty to the home manufacturer. This reference to the operation of our tariff laws is not made by way of instruction, but in order that we may be constantly reminded of the manner in which they impose a burden upon those who consume domestic products as...
Page 459 - On 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, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other...