view, based on statistical tables and comparisons of the policy of England and the United States.
Stebbins's “Protectionists' Manual” is a brief and handy statement.
Ellis H. Roberts's “Government Revenue” is the form into which he has thrown his lectures at Cornell University (1884) on protection, and is the latest statement emanating from that side of the discussion. He goes at length into the history of taxes in various countries; holds that wages are higher here than in England because of protection; that our manufactures are more flourishing than our agriculture, etc.
Frederick List's “National Economy” is the German statement of protection, much on Carey's own grounds.
“The Congressional Globe” contains numerous speeches of members of Congress on the tariff; and the Iron and Steel Association of Philadelphia send out pamphlets explaining the protectionist position.
The free-trade arguments may be found also in W. M. Grosvenor's “Does Protection Protect?” He studies the results of the various tariffs of the United States, and