A Short History of the United States, 1492-1938Macmillan, 1939 - 1039 pages |
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Page 364
... protection . The commercial interests , who throve on free importation , opposed this request , but the republi- cans supported it because they wished to make the nation independ- ent of foreign supplies in time of war . They felt that ...
... protection . The commercial interests , who throve on free importation , opposed this request , but the republi- cans supported it because they wished to make the nation independ- ent of foreign supplies in time of war . They felt that ...
Page 385
... Protection- agricultural products sold at lower prices , labor was ists . unemployed , and manufacturers suffered from competition with foreign goods produced at stagnation prices . Then arose a demand for further tariff legislation ...
... Protection- agricultural products sold at lower prices , labor was ists . unemployed , and manufacturers suffered from competition with foreign goods produced at stagnation prices . Then arose a demand for further tariff legislation ...
Page 661
... protected manufacturers fought by every means in their power against lowering the high war duties under which they had ... Protection- ists Aggres- manufacturers as unwise and selfish . It met them by sive . passing a bill on principles ...
... protected manufacturers fought by every means in their power against lowering the high war duties under which they had ... Protection- ists Aggres- manufacturers as unwise and selfish . It met them by sive . passing a bill on principles ...
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Exploring the Coasts of the New World | 31 |
The Gentlemen Adventurers | 41 |
Better Times in the Colony | 50 |
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