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Sophisms of the Protectionists

PART II
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It imposes a similar tax upon our neighbors, and | hence, having less money, most of them use wooden | pegs, instead of buying nails, which deprives us of | labor.

| | 3.

It keeps the price of iron so high that it can | None.
no longer be used in the country for plows, or gates,| or house fixtures, and our trade, which might give | work to so many who have none, does not even give | ourselves enough to do.

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