Note 943 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
Ib. 237.
It is interesting to observe that Taylor brands the protective tariff as one of the evils of Marshall's Nationalist philosophy. "It destroys the division of powers between federal and state governments, ... it violates the principles of representation, ... it recognizes a sovereign power over property, ... it destroys the freedom of labour, ... it taxes the great mass of capital and labour, to enrich the few; ... it increases the burden upon the people ... increases the mass of poverty; ... it impoverishes workmen and enriches employers; ... it increases the expenses of government, ... it deprives commerce of the freedom of exchanges, ... it corrupts congress ... generates the extremes of luxury and poverty." (Taylor: Construction Construed, 252-53.)