Download or read book The Labor Argument in the American Protective Tariff Discussion (Classic Reprint) written by George Benjamin Mangold and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Labor Argument in the American Protective Tariff Discussion Our commercial interests had plainly assumed considerable importance. In 1820 as many as American seamen were employed in our carrying trade. Our merchants were the dom inating influence in a number of our seaports, such as New York, Boston, and Charleston, which were not only centers of political activity, but controlled the politics of their respective states. This industry wielded a political power far in excess of its proportionate importance among the principal industries of the nation and the shaping of our economic policy was to a considerable extent contingent upon its attitude. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.