Word: tariff
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...success of the Republican party means the continuance of the American protective system; while the success of the Democratic party means the ultimate overthrow of that system. Debates on the tariff in Congressional Record, April 17 to May 19, 1888; Henry Watterson, The Tariff for revenue only, (Harper's Magazine, Jan. 1888); Geo. F. Edmunds, The Tariff. Harper's Magazine...
...meeting of thirty men held on Monday afternoon, the undersigned were chosen a committee to present a plan for organizing a Tariff-Reform Association of Harvard University. They have now decided to place a blue-book at Leavitt's for signatures, containing the following resolutions...
...That the object of the association shall be the advancement of the principle of Tariff-Reform...
...Association will furnish Tariff-Reform documents free to all its members for distribution; and, later on, will hold a public meeting to advocate its principles...
...organization of the Harvard Union dates from the year. 1832. The first president of the society was George Ticknor Curtis and Francis Bowen its first secretary. The question first proposed for debate was "Are our republican institutions destined to be permanent?" The slavery and tariff questions were frequently brought before the Union and the records show that the society was then in favor of protection. As early as this the system of elective studies was advocated by the majority of the members. James Russel Lowell, Edward Everett Hale and E. Rock wood Hoar are names to be found...