Free Trade Vs. ProtectionA. C. McClurg & Company, 1913 - 297 стор. |
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... we cannot stand up against the inferiorities of the rest of the world unless we " protect " ourselves against them . The remarkable part of this admission is that the weaker the foreigner , the more ignorant he is vi Preface.
... we cannot stand up against the inferiorities of the rest of the world unless we " protect " ourselves against them . The remarkable part of this admission is that the weaker the foreigner , the more ignorant he is vi Preface.
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... admitted necessity of raising revenue through customs duties . " Protection " protects only the pocket of the manufacturer , not that of the work- man , nor of the consumer . The first term is used incorrectly by protectionists to cast ...
... admitted necessity of raising revenue through customs duties . " Protection " protects only the pocket of the manufacturer , not that of the work- man , nor of the consumer . The first term is used incorrectly by protectionists to cast ...
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... admitted neces- sity of raising revenue at the custom houses to pay the expenses of government . Protection in any guise is an interference , or , as Sumner calls it , a nuisance . It is a curse , because it is a breeder of fraud and ...
... admitted neces- sity of raising revenue at the custom houses to pay the expenses of government . Protection in any guise is an interference , or , as Sumner calls it , a nuisance . It is a curse , because it is a breeder of fraud and ...
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... admitted that " production cost in our own coun- try is so widely variant as to be of little value . " And Mr. Taft's so - called Tariff Board has stated , “ As is well known , wages or earnings are not necessarily an index of the labor ...
... admitted that " production cost in our own coun- try is so widely variant as to be of little value . " And Mr. Taft's so - called Tariff Board has stated , “ As is well known , wages or earnings are not necessarily an index of the labor ...
Сторінка 78
... the goods that we want to secure , not the goods themselves . But this attitude of protectionists is an admission that goods may be too plentiful and cheap and that protective duties will make 78 Free Trade vs. Protection.
... the goods that we want to secure , not the goods themselves . But this attitude of protectionists is an admission that goods may be too plentiful and cheap and that protective duties will make 78 Free Trade vs. Protection.
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Сторінка 203 - The only case in which, on mere principles of 'political economy, protecting duties can be defensible, is when they are imposed temporarily (especially in a young and rising nation) in hopes of naturalizing a foreign industry, in itself perfectly suitable to the circumstances of the country. The superiority of one country over another in a branch of production, often arises only from having begun it sooner. There may be no inherent advantage on one part, or disadvantage on the other, but only a present...
Сторінка 204 - But it cannot be expected that individuals should, at their own risk, or rather to their certain loss, introduce a new manufacture, and bear the burden of carrying it on until the producers have been educated up to the level of those with whom the processes are traditional. A protecting duty, continued for a reasonable time, might sometimes be the least inconvenient mode in which the nation can tax itself for the support of such an experiment.
Сторінка 257 - Those who take an enlarged view of the condition of our country must be satisfied that the policy of protection must be ultimately limited to those articles of domestic manufacture which are indispensable to our safety in time of war.
Сторінка 120 - Divide the floaters into blocks of five and put a trusted man with the necessary funds in charge of these five, and make him responsible that none get away, and that all vote our ticket.
Сторінка 36 - ... foster that which presents a favorable balance. However the account be made up, whatever may be the items of a trade, commodities, fishing industry, marine labor, the carrying trade, all of which I admit should be comprehended, there can be no doubt, I think, that the totality of the exchanges of all descriptions, made by one nation with another, or against the totality of the exchanges of all other nations together, may be such as to present the state of an unfavorable balance with the one or...
Сторінка 37 - I believe it was when we were settling the controversy between the oil merchants and the tallow-chandlers — the balance of trade made its appearance in debate, and I must confess, sir, that I spoke of it, or rather spoke to it, somewhat freely and irreverently. I believe I used the hard names which have been imputed to me ; and I did it simply for the purpose of laying the spectre and driving it back to its tomb. Certainly, sir, when I called the old notion on this subject nonsense, I did not suppose...
Сторінка 150 - Congress shall have power to levy and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
Сторінка 99 - X. That as the profits of the trade of these colonies ultimately center in Great Britain, to pay for the manufactures which they are obliged to take from thence, they eventually contribute very largely to all supplies granted there to the crown. XI. That the restrictions imposed by several late acts of Parliament on the trade of these colonies, will render them unable to purchase the manufactures of Great Britain.
Сторінка 93 - In general I would only observe that commerce, consisting in a mutual exchange of the necessaries and conveniences of life, the more free and unrestrained it is, the more it flourishes; and the happier are all the nations concerned in it.
Сторінка x - I think there has never been a time in the history of the country when the country felt more implicit in the honesty of purpose of the men in Congress than they do to-day.