TARIFF DUTIES AND CONSUMERS. 



constitutes the material prosperity of national life, feading directly 

 to mental development and moral improvement, and, as a neces 

 sary consequence, to a higher civilization ; moreover, by the ten 

 dency of example, promoting the forces of societary excellence 

 everywhere. To carry into practice the blundering precepts of 

 the Post would be to put the country on the road to industrial 

 ruin. 



