1<> TllK AMKliKWN MONTHLY [.lainiary. 



I am liccidetlly ii) favor of" t;uilV. It has hroiii^lu luaiuiracturos 

 to oiii iloor. — F. C). V. 



1 am a protectionist. Hoii't lliink wc iK'od tVai- toreij^n gjoods — 

 prefer American. — T. D. (J. 



I think some American microscopes as jjood as foreign. I am 

 H protectionist. — C. M. 



I favor it. America is *• in it" witli any country across the 

 water. — H. G. (i. 



Protect American industries every time. If our manufacturers 

 are nt)t up to foreij^n makers, let tliem iiurrv up I — J. (i. I). 



See no reason wiiy slides or instruments should come in free, 

 considerinj; the excellence t)f those made hv our best makers in 

 what is vet an infant intlustry. — II. H. 



Yes. when it brintjs American hrasswork up to the continental 

 staiulard : otherwise. No. — J. I). K. 



I favor a taritV just sufficient to protect wa<;e-workers engaged 

 in manufacturing optical goods. — G. A. L. 



1 have not studied the question. Believe in protective tarifV in 

 general. — G. G. I). 



Not posteil on the question, hut sliould think yes. — A. E. H. 



I am in tavor of a taritVon slides hut not on instruments. It is 

 ahsolutelv wrong to have high tariH" on brass, etc.. and not on 

 finished work. — P. T. 



I am in favor of tar ifl' on instruments, opposed to it on slides. — 

 T. H. R. 



I favor tarifVon instruments. Sliiles might come in free. — G. 

 C. F. II. 



In addition to the atiove (33), we h.ave received 49 rejilies in 

 which the writers simply answer aflirmatively, making a total of 

 S^ in favor of the present taritV. 



OPPOSEO TO THE TAKIFF. 



The following interesting statements of position on the question 

 are likewise in the writers' own words : 

 Opposed to Ai,L tariri's. — H. M. V. 

 Opposed always. — G. M. S. 

 Opposed all the time. — C. E. H. 

 Opposed to any tarifV. — C. C H. 

 Opposed to all tariH" in general. — H. S. 

 Opposed to protective tarifVof any kind. — W. H. S. 

 Verv much opposed to it. — H. B. VV'. 

 Opposed first, last, and for all time. — (j. W . P 

 Decidedlv opposed to it. — D. F. 

 Opposed'to all tarifi'.— E. \. B. 

 Opposed heartily. — J. E. 

 Unmitigatedly opposed. — W. N. B. 

 Am flatly opposed to the tariff, — F. L. S. 

 Opposed decidedly. — E. H. 



