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They direct further attention to the complementary fact that, in each of these cases, financial prosperity was regained through the agency of a protective tariff, the operation of which was prompt and beneficent.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “They direct further attention to the complementary fact that, in each of these cases, financial prosperity was regained…”
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Blaine points out that financial recovery in the U.S. often followed the implementation of protective tariffs.
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