Index
INDEX
A
Adam Smith quoted, 307
Ad-valorem duties, 138, 258–59
Ad-valorem duty on woolens, 179, 250, 258, 288n, 332
Agricultural products
duty of 1883, 212
duty of 1890, 233–34
in 1909, 310
Aldrich on tariff of 1909, 317
B
Bar-iron
duty of 1883, 208
in 1864–83, 348
Beet-sugar and protection, 334
Backcover
Out of Step
Other Books by Frank Chodorov
OTHER BOOKS BY FRANK CHODOROV
One Is a Crowd
The Income Tax: Root of All Evil
The Rise and Fall of Society
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The Autobiography of an Individualist
By FRANK CHODOROV
With Introduction
by E. Victor Milione
THE DEVIN-ADAIR COMPANY
New York, 1962
Copyright
Copyright 1962 by The Devin-Adair Company
All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce material from this book should be obtained in writing from the publisher, The Devin-Adair Co. 23 East 26th Street, New York 10 except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in connections with a review.
Canadian Agent: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., Toronto
Library of Congress Catalog card number: 62–13461
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Introduction
IN THE NEXT to the last chapter of this book, Frank Chodorov asks, “what in life is more worthwhile than the pursuit of an ideal?” We may confidently predict that were he to be asked this question he would reply, “nothing.”
We could predict his reply because his life has answered the question for us. His whole life has been spent in pursuit of the ideal of individual liberty. And, he has been “Out of Step” because most people of the current age have been pursuing unearned ease, comfort, security and everything else but individual liberty.
I. The Ethic Of The Peddler Class
CHAPTER I
The Ethic of the Peddler Class
I WAS BORN on the lower East Side of New York and brought up on the lower West Side. (I bring in these facts as introduction to some ideas that may be of general interest, not as autobiography.) Of my earliest experiences I remember practically nothing. But, one incident does come to mind.
II. The New Psychology
CHAPTER II
The New Psychology
MY FATHER did not build me a department store. He gave up peddling and opened a grocery store in a section of the city that was once residential but was at that time far gone into manufacturing. My mother operated a lunch room in the rear of the store. As far back as I can remember I had chores to do in connection with the establishment, even pitching in during my lunch hour. There was nothing “permissive” about my upbringing; I was expected to help out and did what I could as a matter of course.
