...had a preamble as follows: "Whereas, it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported : Be it enacted," etc. We have seen...

...oftquoted preamble: " Whereas it is necessary for the support of the Government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures," &c. The ad valorem rates of this act ranged from 5 to 15 per cent. The specific rates were such as...

...these expressive words : " Whereas, it is necessary for the support of the Government, the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares and merchandises imported." Plainer, simpler, or more expressive...

...wares, and merchandise imported ; this being " necessary," as the preamble alleged, " for the payment of the debts of the United States and the encouragement and protection of manufactures." The duties imposed were low, measured even by the standard of those days, when the cost of transportation...

...preamble to this act declared: It is necessary for the support of the Government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufacturers that duties be laid. On July 20, to provide additional revenue, an act laying a tonnage...

...crop reached 203,584,000 pounds. 1789. — Act July 1 : "Whereas it is necessary for the discharge of the debts of the United States and the encouragement and protection of manufactures that duties be laid on goods, wares and merchandise imported, from and after the first day of August...

...introduction to the bill declared its purpose to be, "for the support of the government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufacturers"; it is interesting to know that the fathers regarded an average duty of 6$% ample to...

...following language occurs : "Whereas it is necessary for the support of the Government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on imported goods, therefore be it enacted . . . etc., etc." Now the Congress which...

...under the new Constitution, passed on July 4, 1789, "for the support of the government, the discharge of the debts of the United States and the encouragement and protection of manufactures," contained an important clause allowing a discount of 10 per cent of the tariff duties on all goods...

...began with the adoption of a tariff act in 1789, " for the support of the government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures " ; reached almost a maximum in the Embargo Act of 1807 ; showed itself in the policy of internal improvements...