Word: woollens
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...protection. Then he considered the course of industrial history and of protective legislation during the period from 1816 to about 1840. Before the tariff of 1816 there was no effective protective legislation, hence it is only to the period after 1816 that the question under consideration applies. The cotton, woollen and iron manufactures were then examined in their history during this period. The conclusion was reached that protection had, perhaps, benefitted the cotton manufacture while it was a young industry, had hardly helped the woollen manufacture, and had certainly had no beneficial effect in assisting the rise of the iron...
Lost - A dark, reddish-brown woollen glove, for right hand. Finder will please leave at table No. 7 Memorial, or at Drury...
Found - A crimson woollen mitten. Apply at the HERALD office...