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The Gospel of Tariff Reform Continues in Debate
A sweeping polemic argues that protective tariffs create incompetence, foster log rolling, and inflate prices. It traces tariff history from 1789 through 1890, critiques war taxes, Morrill and McKinley laws, and warns that trusts and moneyed interests corrode democracy, urging a return to Clay’s and Cleveland’s tariff ideals.
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Senate
House
Henry Clay
North
Albert Gallatin
South
Carolin
Republic
Clay
Polk
Robert
Walker
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Blaine
Democratic Congress
Isis
Itis
Morrill
New England
England
Hogland
Rice
Massachusetts
Sherman
Thaddeus Stevens
Abraham Lincoln
Eid
Wales
Grant
Richmond
Atlanta
Father Abraham
Republican Party
M’kinley
John Wanamaker
Phil
Wanamaker
Indus
Trust
Sam
Trust Men
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Cobden Club
Butterworth
Union
West
Grover Cleveland
Reed
Friends of Liberty and Progress
Remier
Hey
South Carolina
Ewart
North Carolina
Mr. Coleman
Louisiana
Mr Baxter
Tennessee
Hutl
New York Tribune
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Ingalls