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This cartoon undermines the Republican argument, articulated in the caption by James Blaine, that protective tariffs primarily benefited American laborers. It allegedly did so by making foreign products more costly than American-made products, which encouraged the latter’s purchase and, in turn, kept American business and industry prosperous and jobs plentiful. Democratic and independent tariff reformers countered that high protective tariffs placed the financial burden on working- and middle-class Americans by raising the cost of products they buy. This idea is conveyed across the top of the cartoon by pictures of common consumer items, each labeled with its corresponding tariff rate. The artist was careful not to depict luxury goods, but to emphasize everyday items, including a Bible to add moral weight to the cartoon. The beneficiaries of high tariffs are identified as large business corporations (“trusts” and “monopolies”). |
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