McKinley Tariff in the United States
The McKinley Act or Tariff, a name popularly given to a the Tariff Act of 1890 reported to Congress, 21 May 1890, by the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, of which William McKinley was chairman. It became a law in October 1890 and was repealed in 1894 with the Wilson-Gorman Tariff, which promptly lowered tariff rates. It increased the duties on wool, woolen manufactures, on tin-plate, barley and some other agricultural products and remitted the duty on raw sugar. The reciprocity feature was an important part of the bill, providing for the remission of duty on certain products from those countries which should remove duties on American imported products.
See Also
- Tariff
- McKinley, William
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Further Reading
- Reitano, Joanne. The Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate of 1888. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University, 1994. 129.
- Taussig, F.W. The Tariff History of the United States. 8th ed. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892. 291.
- Irwin, Douglas A. “Higher Tariffs, Lower Revenues? Analyzing the Fiscal Aspects of “The Great Tariff Debate of 1888.”” The Journal of economic history, Vol. 58, No. 1 (Mar., 1998), pp. 59-72.
Introduction to McKinley Tariff, 1880
In the context of the legal history: A highly protective tariff passed in. So high it caused a popular backlash which cost the Republicans votes.
Resources
In the context of the legal history:
See Also
- International Treaties
- Multilateral Treaties
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