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ARTICLE XI.Amendment or Repeal...
...Such a subsidy cannot be justified on the ground of restoring by temporary encouragement the prosperity of American shipping; (a) With our tariff on raw materials, our high rate of wages' and our present shipping laws a subsidy for such a purpose would be useless. (b) With the repeal of our shipping laws it would be unnecessary-David A. Wells' in Our Merchant Marine, pp. 136-142; Captain John Codman's Free Ships; Lieut. J. D. J. Kelley, The Question of Ships; the Nation...
...Foxcroft, '90, first for the negative, gave a few pertinent facts concerning the Atlanta mills which were very successful under a high tariff but upon a reduction were forced to close. The speaker drew a picture of the sufferings of the woolgrowers in case of a repeal of the tariff on raw wool, and said that suffering could not be a benefit to anybody, least of all to manufacturers...
...Morton, '92, advanced a few powerful arguments for the repeal of the duty on raw wool. He said that the present tariff with respect to wool is unjust and ridiculous. The few wool producers are benefited, but the many manufacturers are not. Give the manufacturer protection by taking off the duty on wool...
...Leading shippers do not favor repeal.- Bradstreet...