New York Association for the Protection of American Industry Butler, George; Cooper, Peter, et alBiblio.com
Proceedings of the Mass Meeting held at Cooper Institute New York February 1st 1883: addresses of Peter Cooper William E. Dodge William M. Evarts Dexter A. Hawkins and Cyrus Hamlin: Addresses and resolutions adopted by the meeting.
1883réf. 27291New York: New York Association for the Protection of American Industry 1883. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with nicks on the spine small chips to the wrappers some edgewear mildly creased leaves clean. 70 pp. 8vo. New York Association for the Protection of American Industry Document no. 2. Peter Cooper's opening remarks could have been written today: "The advocates of free trade . are trying to persuade . people that it is for our interest to buy from other countries all the manufactures that they have to offer. These advocates of free trade propose that our mechanics shall either work at the starvation wages of foreign laborers or be forced to abandon their trades." Other speeches on free trade including William Dodge William Evarts Dexter Hawkins and Cyrus Hamlin President of Middlebury College on the blight of free trade. The ojectives of the New York Association for the Protection of American Industry was: "1. To disseminate ideas favorable to just protection of manufactures. 2. The development protection and advancement of the various industries of the United States. 3. The restoration and development of ocean navigation in American-built ships sufficient for the exigencies of trade commerce and manufactures and for the advantage and safety of the country. 4. The security of the comfort and improvement of workmen and—by encouraging allowances or pensions after long-continued service in important establishments—of their support in old age." New York Association for the Protection of American Industry unknown
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