Barriers Against Interstate Commerce

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Menaces to Internal Free Trade in the United States

Restrictions against commerce within the United Xv States originated before the adoption of the Constitution, and recognition of their menace to the general welfare was one of the chief reasons why the Constitution was finally adopted. Spasmodic attempts to discriminate in favor of intrastate commerce were made from time to time in the ensuing 140 years, but until the depression which began in 1929 most of them were either of minor importance or were struck down ...

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