Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Argument Before the Committee of Ways and Means on the Sugar Tariff: Against an Uniform Rate of Duty Up to No; 13, Dutch Standard
If it should be considered that it would be impossible to obtain the assent of Congress to ad valorem duties, then a specific rate should be so adjusted as most nearly to coincide with ad valorem duty, in order that the interests of foreign producers, joined to the American import ers, could not be combined in the effort to secure the production and introduction Of such sugars as would avoid the spirit of the tariff, while technically conforming to the letter.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
