The essential question which has grown up between political parties in the United States respecting our foreign trade, is whether a duty should be laid upon any import for the direct object of protecting and encouraging the manufacture of the same article at home.
Blaine identifies a key political debate regarding tariffs and their role in protecting domestic manufacturing.
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