Unwise Laws a Consideration of the Operations of a Protective Tariff Upon Indus
Unwise Laws a Consideration of the Operations of a Protective Tariff Upon Indus
Lewis H Lewis Harvie Blair
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But granting Mr. Hewitt is right, and that coal and iron ore should come in free, how would the producers of these articles be affected thereby ? It will, I think, be admitted by all that our tariff raises the price of things generally — that it makes our houses cost more, our clothing cost more, our food cost more, every thing we purchase cost more ; it makes labor cost more. Now, then, our raiser of coal and our digger of iron ore finds himself under the necessity of paying more for the tools... and machinery he necessarily requires, more for his mules, more for his labor than would otherwise be the case under no tariff. In other words, his coal and his iron ore cost him more by reason of the tariff. Of course if they cost him more he must get more for his goods, in order to make a living out of his business, and he is enabled to obtain this increased 120 UNWISE LAWS. price by reason of the tariff, which keeps out competition. At best he can make only an ordinary profit out of his business, for if he made extra profit the flow of capital into his business would be so large and so rapid the profits would soon be brought down again to the average.
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