Word: tariff
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There was a good audience to meet Mr. Bradford Monday night at his lecture "Political Science as a study in Universities." He began by explaining the distinction between political science and political economy. The latter, he said, deals with employment, capital, wages, currency, and tariff questions; but the former confines itself to the universal suffrage, forms of government, and the conduct of government. Political science is of a very recent date, and is better known in England than anywhere else. The history of France is very interesting in this respect, showing the continual progress towards government by the people...
...Whether he has succeeded or not in a correct solution his opinion will be well worth hearing. The remaining lectures are to be a review of the three great industries, cotton, iron and wool. These three words are constantly in the mouths of the people, as the subject of tariff reform is so often mentioned in the daily papers and reviews. For this reason the club has determined to give the students an insight into the workings of these industries as they exist with an idea of their former growth and of their future. To this end the club...
...prizes have been awarded as follows: To John Farwell Moors, '83, graduate student, $100 for a dissertation on "Servetus;" to Edward Wheeler Frost, '84, $100 for a dissertation on "The Political Career of Daniel Webster;" to Harry Hubbard, '84, $75 for a dissertation on "The effects of a custom tariff on wages;" and to Lewis Edwards Gates, '84, $75 for a dissertation on "Sir Thomas Brown...
...University of Pennsylvania advocates a protective tariff...
...effect of a custom-tariff on wages...