AMERICAN TARIFFS FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK ΤΟ MCKINLEY. A Complete and Impartial History of our Tariff Systems. 1620-1891. 1. PERIOD UNDER COLONIES, 1620-1783. 2. PERIOD UNDER THE CONFEDERACY, 1783-1789. COPYRIGHT. BY D. G. HARRIMAN, A.M., NEW YORK CITY. PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF LEAGUE. NEW YORK. _68/97/233X DEDICATION. To the young men of the United States upon whom the responsibility of ruling and defending this great Nation must soon rest; by whom its marvellous progress and prosperity under Protection must be maintained and increased; and to place before whom clearly and concisely, the actual workings of Protection and Free Trade in the United States, the historical facts set forth in the following pages have been collated and stated;-this little treatise is Respectfully dedicated By the Author. PREFACE. IT APPEARS to be a settled fact that the great issue in the approaching campaign will be that of the tariff. A full and reliable knowledge of the actual workings of the different tariff systems that have prevailed in this country since 1783, should and will enable us to decide this issue intelligently. To aid in so desirable a result, this history has been written. This it has not been difficult to do, so far as materials are concerned, for they have been rich and abundant; but it has required much careful scrutiny and labor to select and arrange these materials. Many books, countless documents, and numerous official reports, all of the highest character, both of our own and of foreign nations, have been examined, and some of their richest treasures appropriated. The facts set forth in the following pages are accessible to all who will take the time and pains to search through the great mass of books and documents in which they are recorded. Only a few of these facts are introduced here for to present fully all the facts pertinent to a complete American Tariff History would require several large volumes; but the facts I have stated can be relied upon as authentic. The author earnestly begs one favor of every reader, viz: Please read the statements and facts given in this little book carefully and without prejudice. Disprove them, answer them, if you can do so honestly and logically; not by theorizing, but by other solid facts; but if you cannot thus refute and overthrow them, then believe them and work and vote as an honest man should. NEW YORK, February 15, 1892. D. G. HARRIMAN, |