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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEBATE OF OCTOBER 10, 1889.Question: Resolved, That a high protective tariff raises wages...
...High authorities hold that a high protective tariff raises wages.- Thompson's Pol. Econ., Carey's Pol. Econ., International Review XIII, p. 455. (a) Opinion of writers. (b) Opinion of manufacturers...
...shown historically that a high protective tariff raises wages-(a) Effect of tariff in England and Ireland. (b) Effect of tariff in Germany and United States-Porter's "Bread Winners Abroad;" Seank's International Trade Report...
...Careful use of statistics show higher relative wages under a low tariff. (1) High wages in the United States are set by unprotected industries. Laughlin's note to Mill, p. 619. (2) Compare wages in protected industries in the United States and wages in those same industries in England-Report of J. G. Blaine, secretary of state, on the Button Goods Trade of the World, published by Department of State, Washington, June 25, 1881, (cited in Wells', Relation of the Tariff to Wages); Wells' Practical Economics, p. 143. (3) Wages in United States higher than abroad before there...
...scratch races will probably be held a week from next Wednesday. The delay is in order to get a high tide...