Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...denied that the country has prospered under it, but it is another thing to assert that there would not have been the same prosperity without it. Protectionists tell us that countries like Ireland, Turkey and Portugal, have failed to prosper on account of free trade, but they neglect to speak of the real causes which have operated to bring about this unfortunate state of affairs. The tariff has not proved a protection against commercial crises; for during eleven out of twenty-five years that the tariff has been in force, there has existed the very state of things which protectionists...
...prevalence of the idea that government and legislation are all powerful. Protection has been growing, but so has free trade. Free trade was first recognized in our constitution. when no restrictions werned lowed on commerce between the States. Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, China, the English Colonies, Africa, all speak for the advance of free trade. All in creased means of communication, telegraph, railroads and canals, favor the adoption of free trade principles. National trade has to grow, and has grown, as is shown by the custom returns of any progressive county of today. The acceptance of free trade principles depends...
...Moore will speak to the members of the club this evening, at 7.45 o'clock, on the following subject : "Obstacles to Progress, and Hopeful Signs in the Cultivation of the Fine Arts in America." Important business meeting at 7.30. A full attendance urgently requested...
...greatest bugbears is a military funeral. If the thermometer drops to ten below zero, we regard it as a sure sign that some old brigadier will need "polishing." This is a very disrespectful way to speak of burying a brave old soldier, but have we not provocation? A funeral means two hours under arms, and a tramp through the cold and snow to the grave-yard where the volley that does honor to the departed, gives us an hour's work cleaning our guns. Long life to all that in tend to be buried here...
...third regular meeting of the Art Club will be held in the club room on Wednesday evening, at 7.45 o'clock. Mr. Morse of the Fine Art Department will speak on "Obstacles to Progress, and Hopeful Signs in the Cultivation of the Fine Arts in America." A full attendance is earnestly desired...