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CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. 



Chapter II. 



Chapter Y. 



Chapter Yl. 



The Farmer Protected from Imag- 

 inary Danger 



The Agricultural Masses Not Pro- 

 tected - - - . 



Chapter III. Less Foreign Demand for Agri- 

 cultural Products 



Chapter IY. Less Foreign Demand Intensifies 



Home Competition and Lowers 

 Price - - - - 



Chapter YII. 



Chapter YIIL 



Confiscation Rates of Duties 

 Greatly Increase the Cost of 

 Farmers' Supplies 



The Farmer Subjected to Most 

 Unfair Trade Conditions. 



The Strong Trade Position of 

 Manufacture _ _ - 



The Same Continued. The De- 

 fenseless Trade Position of 

 Agriculture _ - . 



Four Decades of Declining Agri- 

 cultural Prosperity under High 

 Protection. 



The National Yiew 



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