Word: tariff
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Americans is, we believe surpassed by but one library in this country,-the Carter Brown library in Providence,-in addition to courses 2 and 13 in United States Constitutional History, course 18 in American Colonial History, course 6 and 8 in Political Economy, treating of the History of the Tariff and of Finance in the United States, and course 4 in the same subject, touching on the economic history of America; the opportunities of the student of the history of this country to be found in Cambridge are not by any means inconsiderable...
...effort is being made by a few of the instructors in political economy, aided by some of the students, to enroll as many Massachusetts students as possible in the Massachusetts Tariff Reform League, the object of which is a reduction in the present tariff rates. While we do not intend to advocate either side of the great struggle which is going on between the tariff men and the revenue reformers, the subject certainly deserves to receive careful consideration at the hands of every student, if he has not already done so. The present canvass, which is, however, confined...
...unchanged. Course 7, which Professor Dumbar gave this year, will be omitted. In its place a new halfcourse, numbered 8, on the "Financial Legislation of the United States," will be conducted by Mr. Taussig. It is intended that this and Mr. Taussig's other half course, 6, on the "Tariff Legislation of the United States," shall be taken together. Where such is the case, students will only have to take one examination for both courses, making the work easier. This is a good plan, as the courses are of a kindred nature, and can be studied most advantageously...
...importance of the science to lawyers, ministers and journalists, was clearly shown. But in this country, said the lecturer, every man who desires the welfare of his country should give his attention to such important questions as the tariff, silver coinage, taxation, navigating laws and the system of public lands...
...differ essentially from that of state government. According to the ideas advanced by the writer to the Advertiser, and the Rev. Henry W. Foote, whose remarks that writer endorses, it would be highly improper to ask Mr. Randall and Mr. Carlisle their views on the important question of the tariff when the selection of one or the other to a most important office in the government depends upon the answer. The custom that has hitherto prevailed in the selection of overseers, and the custom that would probably have prevailed for years to come, had not Mr. Garrison stepped...