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Why were the farmers and consumers against high protective tariffs?

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Only with tariff protection, however, could the United States be rapidly industrialized. ... Farmers felt doubly discriminated against because they felt the tariffs were applied primarily to manufactured goods while agrarian interests were left to fend for themselves.
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