Word: protectionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chemicals. The Manufacturing Chemists Association of the U. S. asked for sufficient tariff on chemical imports to protect U. S. chemists from the European chemical cartel. Representative FIull. Republican, of Illinois, argued specifically for protection on butyl alcohol, made from corn raised by Illinois and other farmers.
Glass. James Maloney of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association. Philadelphia. said: "We are a vanishing race." Various glass industry representatives complained of European competition, sought protection.
The United States Senate fights over the naval bill and the peace treaty; Boston fights over Sunday baseball; everybody fights over prohibition; but Michigan is confronted by a problem vastly more penetrating, and even more odorous than these. Michigan fights over skunks. Recently biologists and furriers convinced the state legislature...
Last week, Down-Shaker Harris was arrested for impersonating an officer and for extortion. What exposed him was irate proprietors telephoning Prohibition headquarters to complain that they had already paid their protection fees and did not want to be further imposed upon.
Muddle. There had been six "big" unsolved murders in New York City in the past 18 months. This looked like a seventh. A storm of reproaches and sarcasm gathered when, after ten days, no arrest had been made. Newspapers hinted broadly at "Protection."