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...Free raw materials for ships will go far towards enabling the American builder to supply the demand which free ships will create: Codman, "Free Ships...
...various reasons. It is gratifying, however, to know that the examination of the candidates by Dr. Sargent shows that there is strength, but the chief failing in many of the men is found to be small lung power. If the material were a little older and not quite so raw the committee would have no reason to complain, for the men are very faithful. The material does not appear to stand the work quite as well as was expected, and last week a recess was allowed...
...German manufacturer 80 cents, owing to the difference in the skill of the laborer. A maker of gunny-bags here found that he could compete with the maker in India who only paid 12 cents a day for wages. He said further that if he could get his raw materials free, he could send his goods to India and drive the manufacturer there out of business by underselling him. Mr. Brooks once gave the facts of the tax on Chilian copper to some working men, and let them work out the results. They soon came to him and said that...
...showed that a slight decrease in the tariff would increase the revenue while free trade would produce a business panic. The general argument of the negative was in favor of a decrease of the tariff. Mr. Russell Duane, '88, supported Mr. Norton very ably, advocating the free introduction of raw materials and told how in the case of wool a protective tariff established in 1867 had reduced the amount produced yearly by one-half...
...freshmen come out and practice, and what is the result? A pitcher has been found that promises to be superior to Stagg. Yale does not need a pitcher, Harvard does, but Harvard is waiting for the pitcher to come all developed. Yale is bringing out the raw material and developing it. In the Mott Haven team, Yale has been bringing out the strength of the freshman class and has already some good athletes who promise to help bring the cup if Harvard does not arise and work. Nothing comes without work, so either the various teams must commence to practice...