Word: tariffs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Chauncey M. Depew was enthusiastically greeted by Yale men on the occasion of his speech on "The Tariff Question" in New Haven, Thursday...
...first speaker was Mr. Shattuck, L. S., of the affirmative. He presented the issue of this campaign as tariff reform or the increase of the surplus. The Mills bill reduces the price of the necessities of life by abolishing the duties on raw materials. The Allison bill, on the other hand, merely lowers the internal revenue. The only reduction of duties it makes is that on sugar a sectional measure...
...Bronson, L. S., claimed that the Mills bill was a jump at free trade. The country has flourished under the tariff to a remarkable degree. The speaker then touched upon Cleveland's attitude in civil service and the fisheries question...
...second speaker for the affirmative was Mr. F. B. Williams, L. S. He said that the old issue of the Republican party was dead. The present issue is tariff reform. The Mills bill is not free trade, for it retains an average duty of over 40 per cent. The present duty on lumber ought to be abolished, for it only protects Canadian workmen who are cutting off our forests in Maine...
...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...