Word: taxed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Magee, '89, was the last of the principal disputants. Protection, said he, is the rock on which the republicans stand. The best means of securing revenue is by indirect taxation. An equitable reduction in the tariff is what the Republicans contend for. Free wool, with a tax on cloth, would only put money into the pockets of the manufacturers, who would continue to keep up prices. Wages and profit are both higher here than in England, but under free trade both would fall...
...financial policy which Harison represents is unsound-(a) The tax on whiskey and tobacco should be retained; (b) the tariff on necessaries should be reduced, especially upon raw materials; (c) the Republican tariff bill is sectional, discriminating against the South, is in the interest of capitalists and monopolists, and fosters trusts.- Minority report on Senate tariff bill, Congressional Record...
...there appear in our columns a communication in which the writer complained of the prices charged by the Tennis Association for the use of the courts. It really does seem strange, that while the college grants ground to the other associations free of charge, it should levy a tax upon the tennis players. The cost of keeping the tennis courts and nets in order is not such an overwhelming burden for the college to bear. And there is a very large number of men to whom the tax of ten to twenty cents a day is a serious...
...This law raises a tax not needed by the government on a healthful article consumed principally by the poor. Oleomargarine is a healthy and nutritious food; it contains the same ingredients as dairy butter, and is equally healthful: See reports of Prof. Morton...
Question: "Resolved, That the action of the minority of the House of Representatives, in preventing the passage of the bill for refunding the direct tax, was justifiable...