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STUDENTS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.
A GRAND RsrEnToRr OF FACTS, WITH THRiR
SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, AND LETTERS
INDUSTRIAL & FINANCIAL QUESTIONS,
TO WHICH IL ADDED
AN INTRODUCTION, TOGETHER
WITH COPIoUS NOTES AND AN INDEX.
BIZ WILLIAM D: KELLEY, M. q.
In one volume Svo., 644 pages, bound in cloth.
PRICE, $3.
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ume, which will be found to be a complete pade
mecum for all those who would study the great
and absorbing questions of the day, now so
rapidly forcing themselves upon the attention OF
the people, and through them upon their servants
In all legislative bodies. These questions must
and totH be solved, and no man in public life has
done more towards this end than William l.,
Kelley, of Pennsylvania. -.r.
Judge Kelley has already taken rank among
the ablest of the teachers of social science, as
presented from the American standpoint, the
principles of which are demonstrated by a care
ful induction from facts, and not based upon as.
symptoms, as is avewedly the case with the
English system. The book now offered to the
public will fully vindicate his title to such a
position.
CONTENTS:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to american Labor
(Speech delivered in the House of Representa-
tives, January 81, 1886. 1.-THE one want of our
country; Why the South demanded Free Trade
Results of Free Trade; Effect of Free Trade on
the poor whites of the South How England es-
tablished her supremacy; England breaches, but
does not practice Free Trade; Free Trade ex
hausts land and impoverishes farmers Free
Trade keeps us in subsection to England's colonial
policy; France; England; Prussia; Shoddy
Secret OF Bonaparte's power; What protection
has done for Germany; Washington, Jefferson
and Jackson; Man can not compromise princi
pies; Then and now; Virginia; Pennsylvania
challenges generous competition; A suggestion
and example to the South; We can pay our debts
without moneys; The people of the prairie'
need protective tariff; Domestic commerce il
more profitable than foreign; What Congress
should do; We are still in colonial bondage tc
England; Protection cheapens goods.
Trade toitt British acknowledgement delivered
in the House of Representatives, March 7, 1866.
The Reciprocity Treaty; Coal; Difference be
tween anthracite and bituminous; The former
should be free; Duty on the latter not tax tn,
American consumer, but is paid by the exporter
Hoo Our War Debt can be Paid.-tSpeech de
livered in the House of Representatives, Janu
Inc Soah2As Resources and Wants.-(Addres,
delivered at New Orleans, May IL, 1857, as re
ported in the New Orleans Repablican) Address
at Montgomery, Alabama, May IS, 1857, as re
ported in the Montgomery sentf',el} Address a
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Delivered Jun'
IL, 1857, as reported in the IaQuirer)
american Industry and Ffnance.-(Speech de
livered at It'll the Music Hall, Milwankee, Septem
oo rrsa he tie 1 Roaa to Bankruptcy not t.
Resumption. Speech delivered in the House O.
Representatives, January IS, 1861
Internal Repenue.--(Speech delivered in tn,
House of Representatives, June ], 1861 Tn,
Spirit Tax a special burden on the West; 1t en-
hances the cost of drugs and restricts exports
The South competing with the West, and in
creasing the necessity for diversified industries
Report Of Special Commissioner Of the Revenue
-(Remar1s delivered in the House of Represen
tatives, February 4, 1869 THE Condition Of the
Working Glasses in 1878, and in lSe7-S com
pared. ae
The Eight Hour System.-Letter to the Opera
tives in the Workshops and Factories of thu
Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania
May 10, 1869. ~.
Mr.. Wells Report.-(Speech delivered in the
House of Representatives, January IL, ls7O)-
Cast Steel; English Schedule of an American
tariff on Steel endorsed by Mr.. Wells; Pig Iron
Wages paid in South Staffordshire, England, il
1866; Coal and the British North American Colo
MES; How the South should diversity its indus
try; What Taxes should be repealed.
Personal Erplanation-(Spee delivered In The
House of Representatives, January 20, 1909
~ TURNER'S Meeha,tes' and Lasorers reed protse
hyered in the House of Representatives, Marcf
20, 1870 )-Pennsylvania Representative State
Protection cheapens commodities; The Interna
Revenue System; 1t is expensive and linguistic
rial, and should be abolished at the earliest pos
sible day Free Trade means low wages and 8
limited market for grain Wages and subsistence
of families of laborers in Europe; Cincinnati
Her workshops and their productions Protective
duties not a tax: How the Internal Revenue car
be dispensed with; Effect of protection upor
prices again; The tariffs of England and France
discriminate against American farmers; Eng
| land hideous monopoly; Free trade supports
| it; A home market; A prediction fulfilled; Pro
| lection stimulates immigration; Skilled workmer
the most valuable commodity we can import
French free trade The purpose of the Free List
Duties on wool and woolens; The way to dnce
the taxes The defects OF the present tariff, anc
the remedies suggested by the new bill; Duties
which need reimbursement; The present law
should be revised and not overthrown The care
full consideration bestowed upon the bill by the
committee How 1t VIII stimulate the shipping
interest; steel al gdtorem; Stephen Colwell
Inc classncation OF iron not new; Proof thai
protection cheapens goods; Silk poplins; Tin ane
nlcKei Erect OF protecting nickel
ihe Pdlue q an Inenportd1te Currency -(Speecf
delivered In the House OF Representatives, June
y, 1870. .-..-.
Judge keLteyS Acceptance or TIE Nomination fo1
Congress, July I'd, 1870
Letter on the Chinese question, August 22d
1870
Centennial Cete6ratton and International Expo
Suton.-lSpeech delivered IN the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes, January 10, 1871 .)-Philadelphia Hel
farKj Tier working people; How they live