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...Protective tariff does not raise prices.-(a) The establishment of a new industry has been invariably followed by lower prices; Cong. Rec. Vol. 21. 4248, case of.-(1) steel rails,-(2) Glass and earthenware,-(3) wool,-(4) Tin plate.-(b) Since the passage of the McKinley Act the cost of living in the U. S. has diminished; Aldrich's Report in Cong...
...club started in 1889 as the Harvard Free Wool Club, but last year the objects of the club were extended beyond a mere reform in the tariff, and the club devoted itself to the broader subject of political reform. The club welcomes any member of the university regardless of party, who is in sympathy with the objects of the club - reform. Men who are not yet members may apply to the secretary, J. D. Hubbell, 7 Linden...
...woolen industry should not be disturbed again so soon by a change of duties. - (a) It takes some years for a tariff bill to show its effects; (Report of Nat. Association of Wool Man. at Parker House...
...repeal of duties on raw-wool and the lowering of duties on woolen-manufactures will injure the wool raisers. - (a) By leaving them open to disastrous foreign competition; Home Market Bulletin, August...
...double system of duties on woolens since 1867 has benefited in the United States; - (A) The wool raisers. - (a) By protecting them from foreign competition. - (B) The woolen manufactures. - (a) The prosperous producers of raw-materials become liberal buyers of manufactured articles; letter to Hon. F. T. Greenhalge, Oct 16, '90, signed by Belvidere Woolen Manufacturing Co., and six other companies. - (b) The woolen industry has doubled since 1867, (160 to 322 mill. lbs. of wool per year); Lawrence's speech as above, page 19. - (c) Under the period of best protection our woolen manufactures have prospered most; Lawrence, page...