(d) Boots and shoes. [Depew, chap. 87 by Rice; Census, 1900, 9: 739-767; 1910, 10: 697-714; U. S. Bureau For. and Dom. Commerce, Misc. Series, no. 76.]
[See Depew and Census for many other industries; see Statistical Abstract for exports and imports of products of industries.]
12. Study in detail one of the following chapters in recent tariff policy:
(a) The war tariff.
(b) The failure to reduce the tariff after the war.
(c) Increase of duties above war rates.
(d) The Act of 1883.
(e) The Act of 1890 (McKinley Tariff).
(f) The Act of 1894 (Wilson Tariff).
(g) The Act of 1897 (Dingley Tariff).