Chapter 1 of 40 · Taxation and Work: A Series of Treatises on the Tariff and the Currency by Edward Atkinson
CONTENTS.
- chapterIntroduction . . . . . . . . . page v
- I.Occupations. Distribution of Products . 1
- II.Taxation Measured by Work . . . 6
- III.Taxation Measured in Money . . . 10
- IV.Principal Sources of Revenue . . . 17
- V.How the Tariff should be Reformed . . 22
- VI.Taxation which the Government does not Receive . . . . . . . . 26
- VII.British Tariff Reform . . . . . 32
- VIII.Beggarly Compensation of United States Officials . . . . . . . 39
- IX.What Is Protection? . . . . . 45
- X.Occupations that cannot be Protected by Duties on Imports . . . . . 53
- XI.Method of Tariff Reform . . . . 57
- XII.Protection by Exemption from Taxation . 61
- XIII.Free Trade the Objective Point . . . 69
- XIV.Attempted Definition of the Principle of Protection by Senators Sherman, Hoar, and Aldrich . . . . . . . 76
- XV.Hamilton’s Policy . . . . . . 85
- XVI.Tariff Protection does not Raise Wages . 93
- XVII.Protection Promotes War; Free Trade Promotes Peace . . . . . . 104Edition: current; Page: [iv]
- XVIII.Does Tariff Protection Promote Liberty? 113
- XIX.Progressive Reduction of Duties . . 123
- XX.Cost of a High Tariff . . . . . 131
- XXI.Development by Free Commerce . . . 145
- XXII.High Wages and Low Cost . . . . 159
- XXIII.The Use of Machinery by Nations . . 170
- XXIV.The Waste of Armies . . . . . 180
- XXV.Senator Morrill’s Report on Canada Received. Food and Wages . . . 193
- XXVI.Silver, Bi-Metallism and Free Coinage . 205
- XXVII.Volume of Trade . . . . . . 220
- XXVIII.Taxation by Bad Money . . . . 233
- XXIX.How to Maintain Silver Equal to Gold . 242
- XXX.The Issue Joined . . . . . . 250
- XXXI.Personal Observations—Conclusion . 261
- Index . . . . . . . . . . 277
Taxation and Work: A Series of Treatises on the Tariff and the Currency
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