Word: protection
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEBATE OF NOVEMBER 14. 1888.Question: Resolved, That the U. S. Government ought to interfere and protect the southern negro in the exercise of the suffrage...
...should be maintained; because, (1) The uniform use of a good quality of fats and oils in its manufacture can be secured only by govenment supervision: U. S. Finance rept. 1887, p. 365; speech of Mr. Milliken, Cong. Rec., vol. 17, pt. 5, p. 4977. (2) State laws cannot protect the community from the high prices fradulently asked for a cheap article: Treasury Rept., p. 379; Boston Herald, April 27, 1888, "How the 'Oleo' law is evaded;" Mr. Grout, Cong...
...present policy is "vicious, inequitable and unjust" in that while purporting to protect American shipping it really ensures to foreigners a monopoly of our foreign carrying trade, and protects them in the enjoyment of it to our own detriment: Report of Secretary of Treasury, 1887, xliv.; Kelley, "Question of Ships;" Wells, "Our Merchant Marine...
...charge that English merchants have spent money to get a foothold in our market, Mr. White said that in twenty-five years of close connection with tariff legislation he never knew of a shilling that was thus expended. Mr. Sherman also says that whoever favors lower duties opposes protection and favors foreigners, yet the strongly-protectionist First Congress thought average duties of eight per cent. sufficient in place of 47 per cent., and they certainly could not be accused of favoring foreigners. He himself said in a former speech that the duties were too high, and if not reduced would...
...Protection causes political evil by endangering (a) corruption among the law-makers, and (b,) hatred among our industrial classes.- W. G. Sumner, Lectures on History of Protection, p. 165; Grosvenor, Does Protection Protect...