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...Morrill bill in 1861. The object of the bill was to cause duties to return to what they were in 1846, and it was intended to be protective. Its distinguishing feature was the substitution of specific for ad valorem duties. The chief changes in the taxation were upon wool and pig iron. For the first time in the history of tariff taxation "compensating duties" were introduced. The general effect of this bill was to raise duties above those fixed by the bill...
Twenty-three persons were killed and twenty-eight injured during a panic in a wool factory at Bombay yesterday...
Found - On Tuesday evening at dinner time, near Memorial, a "Fowle's patent" wool-lined glove. Will the owner either send its mate or call for his property at the Tribune office, 3 Linden street...
...following quotation from Scripture: "The Lord delighteth not in the strength of the horse, and taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man." As an equally apposite argument, though not of so high authority, I would suggest that haste makes waste; there are those that go out for wool and come home shorn; the pitcher that goes too often to the home base has his nose broken at last; every tub should stand upon its own bottom, - all of which are exceedingly good a priori arguments and bear directly on the point...