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Fletcher's tariff showman claims taxed goods draw fire
The Citizen reprints a Michigan discussion attacking John W. Fletcher's chart of tariff rates. It debunks claimed duties on wheat salt cards clothings tin pails coal needles knives dishware and more, arguing the figures are false, misleading, or misapplied and that protection has lowered prices overall. It cites actual duty terms under McKinley and Mills acts and notes broad American manufacturing gains.
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John W. Fletcher
Fletcher
Artomas Wart
Michigan
Saginaw
Fletcher Cade
Mr. Fletcher
Europe
Treasury Department
Wisconsin
Chicago
Jackson
Meg Kinley
London
Fife
Kngland
United States
Congress
Treasury
Stu
Abraham Lincoln
England
Thay Eny
McKinley
Kr. Weteher