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Thit 8 sn if1po lant question, al connected
WIN the policy Of Protective Duties, and de-
mandaa calm and dispassionate nsIderaficn.
w il pf0po se tc anbmiR few considerations m
lCn it CO tlse nE our feadnfs, who. not iFreFoca.
bly, Wedde "a III Enaximf aad theories, seek lor


truth and having found, have the courage 20
emhrace and defend It.


We win nos cay, that, II some suppoaable
cases, the price 81 an article may not be in.
creased BY the imposition Of duty; but we
believe we may safely assume the position, that
in eveytl case iIl which an augmented duty il
followed BY an inerenaa uf price, the ccmniodi-
81 sons. in which, IRON the natlle q thecaee
there can be DO anccessf ful domestic competition
|wecannot produce ourselves In an cases,
i'm which the great principle Of c0snpelii50r can


be brought into play, 4 II more frequently the


fact than otherwise. iflndeed il Be moi. tnilOrm-


ly thu case, that tlie eject of an increased duty


is to cause decline il the price d, the article
upon which It 10 levied, This position. ridi-
cuIed az il sometimes is, Il too ifnprernahiv
fortified By facts to be demolished by such
light artillery-and whoever viii take the time


and undergo the labor Of perusing the argu-


meEts even Of the canfessedly great men By
whom the tariff system has at different times
been assaiIed. viii perceive hat, compelled TO
admit the fact that there had been generally q
descending scale Of prices in the face of an as
cending scale Of duties, ,hey have endeavnriref


to account for il by causes some Of which were
inadequate to the effect. while others have
ceased to exist, and others have been confuted
by subsequent events. Fer example, Mr..


Haynes assumptions in 1892. that the decline
ln the prices of dutIed articles at that time was
principally caused by the diminished amount
Of the precious metals, in consequence of the


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