Part II. Tariff Legislation, 1861–1909
PART II
Tariff Legislation, 1861–1909
Chapter I. The War Tariff
Chapter II. The Failure to Reduce the Tariff after the War
Chapter III. How Duties were Raised above the War Rates
Chapter IV. The Tariff Act of 1883
Chapter V. The Tariff Act of 1890
CHAPTER V
The Tariff Act of 1890
AFTER THE PASSAGE of the tariff act of 1883 few persons would have expected, for a long series of years, a further extension of the protective system. Nevertheless, a marked increase of duties was made, within a few years, in the act of 1890, familiarly known as the McKinley tariff act: a measure which marks a new phase in our tariff history and in the protective controversy.
Chapter VI. The Tariff Act of 1894
Chapter VII. The Tariff Act of 1897
Chapter VIII. The Tariff Act of 1909
CHAPTER VIII
The Tariff Act of 1909
THE TARIFF ACT of 1897 proved the longest-lived of the general tariff acts of the United States. Its nearest rival was the act of 1846, which remained undisturbed for eleven years. That of 1897 remained in force for twelve years.
Appendix, Tables
APPENDIX
| Table 1. | ||||||
Imports, Duties, and Ratio of Duties to Imports, 1860–1907. (From the “Statistical Abstract.”) (00,000 omitted.) |
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Fiscal Year Ending June 30 |
Imports Free |
Imports Dutiable |
Imports Total |
Duties Collected |
Per cent. of Duties to Dutiable Imports | |
