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Sophisms of the Protectionists

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
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Corn, bu.
55,217,800 173,104,924 838,792,740 _Exportation._ Flour and Meal, bbls.

Wheat, bu.

Corn, bu.
2,845,305 4,155,153 1,314,155 _Percentage of Exportation to Total Crop._ 5.15 2.40 .39 This was the result for the year preceding the enactment of the Morrill tariff.

It is true that our exports of wheat and Indian corn rose in the three years following the enactment of the Morrill tariff, from an average of eight million bushels to an average of forty-six million bushels, but this is contrary to the theory that high tariffs tend to keep breadstuffs at home, and low ones to send them abroad.

There is need of great caution in making generalizations as to the influence of tariffs on the movement of breadstuffs.


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