The high duties which the war caused to be imposed, at first regarded as temporary, were retained, increased, and systematized.
F.W. Taussig
Dr. F.W. Taussig was professor of political economy at Harvard. He wrote The Tariff History of the United States and a two-volume Principles of Economics.
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When the Civil War closed, the revenue acts that had been hastily passed during its course constituted a chaotic mass.