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...mail subsidies. It is said that the present tariff needs reform, that it is full of inequalities and abominations. No man would do other than support any measure-whether specific legislation for particular cases or general revision-which would correct injustices and remove inequalities. The question before the nation is, however, not one of reform or even of the disposal of the surplus. The accumulation of a surplus could be stopped by buying bonds, as the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to do. That the President does not ask for reform, but for the substitution of free trade...
...Greek legends, this place was the seat of the drama, but no proof could be found to confirm this supposition. The success of Mr. Buck reflects great credit upon himself and the American School as being the first to settle the location beyond a doubt. The New York Nation gives a very accurate description of the excavations and the famous Dr. Curtins of Berlin has written a very complimentary review in a German newspaper. A report of the work of the American School will soon be published...
...Oxford, the first number of which appeared in August; and ten lectures by Prof. Goodale on "Ligneous Plants" were printed. On geological subjects, Prof Shaler has been very prolific. He has written an elementary work on geology, in addition to various papers in Scribner's Monthly, the Forum, Nation and other well-known journals. The third edition of his "Kentucky" has been brought out by Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Professor W. M. Davis has contributed valuable articles on meteorology and physical geography in the American Naturalist, Science, and the American Journal of Science. Professor Joseph H. Thayer has done some...
...because- (a) the greater the natural resources of a country the greater will be the wealth developed under protection; (b) under protection the United States have contributed more to the benefit of the world than could have been done under any other policy; (c) a protective tariff secures a nation's markets for its own products and so develops diversified industries which promote the general welfare.- Ellis H. Roberts, New Princeton Review, May, 1887; Stebbins, Amer. Protectionist Manual, ch. 3; Fawcett's Free Trade and Protection...
...widest diversity in industry and occupation tends to a nation's welfare, because-(a) diversified industries promote the general intelligence of a people, and general intelligence stimulates social advancement; (b) general intelligence promotes the political welfare of a nation, since it qualifies a people to deal with public questions, and it fosters attachment to country and love of justice; (c) protection develops the genius for invention and discovery, stimulates science, and gives an impetus to civilization.- Bowen's Political Economy, 491-492; Cairne's Leading Principles, Book...