ABSTRACT
In the fiscal agitation of 1902-1909 those who advocate Protection have found themselves involved in some strange contradictions. In the towns they have been anxious to assure the working men that there is no possibility of food prices rising under a Protective system. The artisan is told that the foreigner pays the import duty, and that, therefore, a tax on corn could not possibly affect the price of bread. When the farmer is approached, however, a picture is drawn of Protection as an infallible cure for low prices.
