A Short Tariff History of the United States, From the Earliest to the Present Time, Vol. 1

Download or read book A Short Tariff History of the United States, From the Earliest to the Present Time, Vol. 1 written by David H. Mason and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short Tariff History of the United States, From the Earliest to the Present Time, Vol. 1: 1783 to 1789, With a Preliminary View All the prosperity enjoyed by the American people absolutely all the prosperity, without any reservation whatever - from the foundation Of the United States government down to the present time, has been under the reign of protective principles; and all the hard, times suffered by the American people, in the same period, has been preceded either by a heavy reduction of duties on imports, or by insufficient protection, thus refuting all free-trade theories on the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.