Word: taxed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEBATE OF MAY 2, 1888.Resolved, That the minority of the House of Representatives was justified in preventing the passage of the Direct Tax Bill by filibustering...
...refunding of the direct tax is morally, legally, and constitutionally just: Nation, April 12, 1888, p. 289; Congr. Record...
...filibustering against the refund of the direct tax will furnish an example and excuse for filibustering against tariff revision, and would justify similar action on every measure before Congress: Boston Journal, April 5 and 7; Boston Globe, April...
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...
...Heseltine rejoined that it was a pure assumption to say that wages would fall if tariff were taken off. A tariff is a tax on consumers-laborers and all. At their expense money is now being piled up in the treasury. Protectionists try to show that a tax produces wealth. Wealth depends on three things, natural advantages, ability of laborers, effective machinery. If tariff helps these it is good, otherwise vicious. In fact, it counteracts natural advantages by diverting industry from its natural channels, and makes machinery far more expensive than it should be, thus cutting us off from great...