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...Some Aspects of the Tariff Question" is the title of a book by Professor F. W. Taussig '79, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, which is now in preparation at the University Press, and will be issued at an early date. This book is, in the opinion of able economists, the most important work on international trade by an American scholar. The subject has really not been treated in any new light since the time of John Stuart Mill, and a study such as this has been long awaited by students of the subject. The author is a great authority...
Professor Taussig's book begins with some introductory chapters on questions of principle, particularly with reference to the doctrines of protection of young industries. It then proceeds to a detailed examination of the history of the present condition of certain important industries. Sugar is the first of these considered. The treatment starts with a discussion of sugar production, and of the domestic cane and beet resources. The sugar refining industry is next taken up, and finally is considered the Sugar Trust. Iron and steel come next, and successive chapters on this industry deal with the general progress of the industries...
This book should not be confused in any way with Professor Taussig's "Tariff History of the United States." This latter deals chiefly with the history of legislation, while the new book considers the economic consequences of tariff duties...
...part of its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration, Brown University yesterday conferred honorary degrees upon thirty-seven men. The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon President Lowell, while Professor Frank William Taussig '79 of the Economics Department received the degree of Litt.D. and the Reverend George Hodges, Dean of the Episcopal Theological School received the degree...
...Arts and Sciences and of the Graduate Schools of Applied Science and of Business Administration with invited guests, will be held at 8 o'clock this evening in the Living Room of the Union. President Lowell will speak briefly, and an address will be made by Professor F. W. Taussig, Henry Lee Professor of Economics...