PRICES. 



69 



Total $794,156.63 



TARIFF. 



Long before General Hancock said, "The tariff is a 

 local issue, " John Jacob Astor proved by the representa- 

 tions he made to the government on two different occasions 

 that what the American business man really wants is pro- 

 tection for the product he is selling, and an open market 

 for the goods he is compelled to buy. In 1807, when he felt 

 that the Mackinaw Company and other competing traders 

 were interfering with the profits of his business, Mr. Astor 



