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Excerpt from The History of Tariff Administration in the United States, From Colonial Times to the McKinley Administrative Bill The colonists were farmers, and the farmer Of that day was also blacksmith, mechanic, carpenter, cobbler, weaver and jack Of all trades. Not only did the colonial farmer hew his own timber, build his own house, make his own furniture, con struct his own rude implements, wear home-spun, eat of his own raising and drink of his own brewing; but the few things that he bought came mostly in exchange, and were as limited as were his wants and as simple as were his habits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.