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He anticipates it. It may perhaps be called the instinct of experience, or of na- ture prompted by experience and observation. It is a feeling cre- ated, not without cause, before the reason of it is clearly under- stood. We prefer to call it popular instinct — the instinct of a party which feels that its interests are exposed to invasion and in- jury, and that they need protection. The theory of Free Trade is, that duties not only increase Digitized by Google PROTECTIVB DUTIES NOT TAXBS. 353 p...rices, but that tbejr are the measure of the increase. It is not denied that duties on unprotected articles will enhance prices, ^nd that for this reason they are taxes, as duties on tea, coffee, spices, and various other articles which can not be produced at home* But it is found by experience that they are never an exact meas- ure. Sometimes the increase of price on such articles is greater than the duties, and sometimes it is less — ordinarily less. Wheth- er il shall be greater or less, depends entirely upon supply relative to demand — a rule which governs prices in all things.
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