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title: 'The Tariff in the Platforms: Protection Needed for National Security and Prosperity'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Robert Ellis Thompson'
date: 1920-09-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Politics'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Proverbs 11'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/thompson-1920-the-tariff-in-the-platforms-protection-needed-for-national-security-and-prosperity
---

# The Tariff in the Platforms: Protection Needed for National Security and Prosperity

1920 Protectionist piece urging protective tariffs as patriotic policy—citing Washington, Jefferson and wartime needs—and endorsing Republican candidates for national strength.

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