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" ... The second was the loathsomeness of the tariff. The rates that were set so high as to discourage foreign competition were, each of them, the fruit of lobbying efforts on the part of domestic manufacturers who for all intents and purposes had bribed Congressmen to get this result. The tariff was a cronyism machine. It was in its nature. A “tariff” was a “list” of specific tax rates on specific goods, instead of uniform tax rate on all goods (an “impost”). Its list-ness meant that the tariff invited advice, lobbying, hushed payments, and favor-trading. ... "