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I. THE TARIFF AS A WAR TAX 1

II. AN OUTBREAK OF PROTECTIONISM 28

III. WAR TARIFFS CONTINUED 53

IV. THE BUSINESS MAN TAKES CHARGE 81

V. THE MONGREL BILL OF 1883 109

VI. GROVER CLEVELAND AND THE TARIFF 133

VII. THE MILLS AND ALLISON BILLS 155

VIII. THE MCKINLEY BILL 181

IX. THE WILSON BILL 209

X. THE DINGLEY BILL 237

XI. WHERE EVERY PENNY COUNTS 258

XII. THE MAKING OF THE BILL OF 1909 297

XIII. SOME INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL ASPECTS OF OUR TARIFF-MAKING 331

THE TARIFF IN OUR TIMES