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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 28 No. 1 1913

The Tariff Act of 1913

F. W. Taussig

Harvard University Press

Abstract

The principle of a "competitive tariff, " 1. — "Legitimate" industries, 3. — The Tariff Board and the methods of revision, 5. — Sugar duty lowered at once, to be abolished after three years, 8. — Wool free, 11; lower ad valorem rate on woolens, 13. — The probable consequences, 15. — Moderate rates on cottons, 17. — Comparatively high rates retained on silks, 20. — Other changes: pottery (23), iron and steel (24), free list extended (25). — Administrative sections strengthened, to prevent evasion of ad valorem rates, 26. — Many reductions will be only of nominal effect, 28. — What the future may bring, 29.

DOI
10.2307/1884927
Volume
28
Issue
1
Pages
1
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