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title: 'An Ill-Advised, Jug-Handled Plot'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Robert Ellis Thompson'
date: 1911-02-24
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Politics'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 11'
- 'James 5'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/thompson-1911-an-ill-advised-jug-handled-plot
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# An Ill-Advised, Jug-Handled Plot

1911 American Economist argues against US–Canada reciprocity, warning tariff concessions will harm American farmers, fishermen and industries and undermine protectionist policy.

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