TARIFF DUTIES AND CONSUMERS. 



constitutes the material prosperity of national life, leading 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. 



