Word: mille
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...goes without saying that a man of Senator Hawley's reputation commanded the closest kind of attention. His record as a leader in the Senate made his remarks on the tariff the subject of the deepest interest. Apt quotations from Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill's works were used effectively in illustrating his points and proved conclusively, when supplemented by his own material, the necessity of this country for a protective tariff. The Senator spoke feelingly on the subject of domestic manufactures, gave vivid examples of prosperity under the present system, and closed by exposing our present helplessness...
...TOWNSEND, and J. B. LEWIS. General References. Means in North Amer. Review, vol. 139, p 51; Chas. Francis Adams in Atlan. Mon. vol. 37, p. 360; Hadley R. R. Transportation, especially chap. 10 and 13; Hudson: Railways and the Republic; J. S. Mill: Principles of Pol. Econ. Bk. v. ch. 11; Dr. Green in No. Amer. Rev. vol. 137, p. 422; Henry C. Adams in Amer. Econ. Asso...
...State management would be inefficient. Because of (a) Division of responsibility; Mill: II, p. 565. (b) Establishment of useless offices; Hadley: p. 252-53. (c) Best men not chosen for service as party lines would be drawn; Hudson: p. 327-28 - (d) Delay in meeting existing needs; Hadley: p. 251-52 - (e) Impossibility of reducing commerce and manufactures to a simple system; Hadley...
...State management would be dangerous. - (a) It would create a monopoly obstruct the advancement of civilization; Mill II, p. 567. - (1) This would check public enterprise' - (b) The whole system would result in practical enslavement of the working class, as force would be required to compel men to work, and to distribute them among industries...
...foreign competition. - (B) The woolen manufactures. - (a) The prosperous producers of raw-materials become liberal buyers of manufactured articles; letter to Hon. F. T. Greenhalge, Oct 16, '90, signed by Belvidere Woolen Manufacturing Co., and six other companies. - (b) The woolen industry has doubled since 1867, (160 to 322 mill. lbs. of wool per year); Lawrence's speech as above, page 19. - (c) Under the period of best protection our woolen manufactures have prospered most; Lawrence, page 20. - (C) the consumers. - (a) Woolen clothing costs less than half what it cost thirty years ago; New York Tribune...