. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. Cotton seed first plantedat Jamestown 1621; firstplanted in the Carolinas1733; in Georgia 1734;in Louisiana 1742. Cotton first exported fromCharle
. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. Cotton seed first plantedat Jamestown 1621; firstplanted in the Carolinas1733; in Georgia 1734;in Louisiana 1742. Cotton first exported fromCharleston 1747. Whitneys Cotton Gin in-vented 1793. — 4,,— 360,— 103,—1,254,—2,177,—2,394,—2,096,706.•2,847,339.•4,669,770.•no records—2,1931870—3,154,9461875—3,832,991. 5,757,397-6,589,329. 32-5,435,845-? 6,959,000. ^—5,714,—5,669,—6,550,—6,513,623. ^p ^^E AM 0 ^K^^ ^P tH^^^. COTTON INPUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. y9c^ 90a PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE. leading tariff acts of 1874 and 1883. Of this last it must besaid, it was the result of a non-partisan commission appointedto inquire into existing acts with a view of correcting their incon-gruities, and readapting tariff rates to our newer and widerdiversified industries. In obedience to a spirit of reform, and inaccord with a sentiment against prohibitive rates, or even pro-tective rates as to established industries, it, after the fullest in-quiry, recommended measures which looked to a reduction ofduties to the extent of twenty-five per cent., on some articlesmore, on some less. The act which was passed did not embraceall the recommendations of the commission, but its report wasthe basis of the bill. Enough time has not elapsed to test theexact amount of reduction to be effected by the act, but it willnot reach the anticipated twenty-five per cent. Possibly thisfact may have emboldened the effort
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