Word: tariff
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...shown merely by referring to the contributions made by American universities to the advancement of the welfare of the people. In the field of government, to use Harvard as an example, the fruits of co-operation between theorists and administrators have been large. In the settlement of tariff questions the work of Harvard professors has been of wide-spread influence and has directed the stream of public opinion into channels leading to scientific analysis and reasonable adjustment. The contributions of the Medical School to the science of preventive medicine and the important discoveries following medical research illustrate amply that...
...wide divergence of opinion on economic question, which a stu- dent necessarily encounters in the University and the consequent necessity for a discussion of these opinions. The society would also aid students in formulating intelligent opinions on current political problems, such as the banking reform and the tariff revision. In closing Dr. Day emphasized the need of hard, conscientious work by every member of the society...
...first speakers, representing the organized political clubs, dealt largely with the party platforms from a more or less scientific point of view, the tariff assuming the central position in the preliminary discussion. While the scheduled speakers were largely from the Law School, when debate was thrown open to the floor, more members of the College were heard and the discussion assumed a more argumentative tone. About ten men made short three minute addresses, although a much larger number were ready to speak. The discussion was closed by short summarizing speeches by representatives of the four political clubs. Debate...
...unmerciful phrase the author ranges the Democrats who "far from keeping social justice in the background, cry it out from the house-tops," alongside the Republicans who "treat the new discovery deprecatingly, as a thing, that, in so far as it has not always existed, thanks to the Republican tariff, is a somewhat dubious vision." The Socialist champion agrees with the Progressives that both the Republican and the Democratic party are side-tracked; and are shortly to cease to be factors in the play of political forces...
...delivered the main address of the afternoon, spent his time in giving a clear statement of Wilson's qualifications, politics, and accomplishments. He declared that the Democratic party is as much against free trade as against high protection and expects under the leadership of Wilson to reduce the tariff on the necessities of life by selecting schedules for the revision deliberately so as not to undermine the business superstructure which rests upon the tariff...