...incorporated into the Senate bill. What the Republican party promised in its platform was " the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the...home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit for American industries." This 586 THE CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS promise has apparently been ignored...

...In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the...production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable DEMOCRATIC We welcome the belated promise of tariff reform now offered by the Republican party in tardy...

...postponed until after the election, and also an admission that the duties ought not to be higher than the difference between the cost of production at home...together with a reasonable profit to American industries. This is an admirable declaration, even though forced at the eleventh hour from unwilling leaders and...

...In alt tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the...together with a reasonable profit to American industries — " being the tariff statement from the Republican platform of 1908. It is a great pity. Mr. Chairman,...

...incorporated into the Senate bill. What the Republican party promised in its platform was " the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the...home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit for American industries." This 586 THE CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS promise has apparently been ignored...

..."In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the...with a reasonable profit to American industries." If the "true principle of protection" calls for nothing else than is specified in the above declaration...

...tariff plank, as a guide in determining rates of duty, announced for the first time the principle of difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable degree of profit for domestic producers. This was considered a basis for further revision and in 1909...

...remain protective, and that ' the true principle of Protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the...with' a reasonable profit to American industries.' In earlier days the ' infant industry ' argument was the main stronghold of the Protectionist; when...

...any protective legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the...together with a reasonable profit to American industries, (quoted in Taussig 1931,363) The second of these is the 1908 US Republican party platform statement...

...production at home and abroad," "the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad" (emphasis added).68 Although the change from "at least" in 1904 to "as will equal" in 1908 seems minor...