Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-05-22
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pielo opens with an article by Joseph Nimmo,
Jr., Chief of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics.
on American Manufacturing Interests. in
which Is given singularlE full and instructive
historical sketch of the rise and progress OF
manufactures in the United States, together
with very effective presentation of their
present condition, and of the agency of tariff
Legislation in promoting diversified industries
and encouraging the Inventive genius OF the
people. Should this authors advocacy of pro-
tectiVe legislation prove distasteful the reader
fnds the needed corrective in an article by the
Hon. Wm- NJ. Springer, ON ",lncidcntal Tax
anon, which Is an argument for Free Trade.
ID. C. Gilman. President of Johns Hopkins
University. writes of the Present Aspects Of
College Training. Us affected by the increase
ot wealth and luxury the Development of
natural science, and the influence of larger
religious liberty. Edward Self presents some
wcighty considerations ON the ''Abuse of Git
iEenship," as exhibited In the nlaCEinations OF
the dynnmitists against n friendly power, iu
disregard of the obligations of American men,
tralty. Prof. Isaac l. Rice criticises some Of
Herbert Spencer's Facts and Inferenccsr IN
social and political scicnce, and Christine
Nilsson contributes "a Few Words about Pub
lie Singing" Finally, thcreis a symposium 4On
The Moral Influence of the Drama," the par
ucipants being. on the one side, the Rev. DR.. J.
NJ. Buckley, well known as an opponent of thO
stage, and on the other. John Gilbert, the actor;
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