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To: Oceander

During the second half of the 19th century the tariff funded the federal government and protected American industry from European competition. Our nation became the greatest industrial power in the world during that time.


68 posted on 01/31/2010 9:05:01 PM PST by Soul of the South (When times are tough the tough get going.)
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To: Soul of the South
Didn't work out so well in the end, did it; Smoot-Hawley and whatnot?


75 posted on 02/01/2010 8:11:29 AM PST by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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