The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 delivered tariffs of up to 50 per cent on Canadian exports to the U.S. But it didn’t dissuade ...

President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the last ...

"Nobody would have even considered such a thing in McKinley’s day,” Merry said. McKinley champions the Tariff Act of 1890 McKinley hailed from Canton, in northeast Ohio and was son of an iron ...

It is made for the American people and American interests.” Seven years later, when McKinley was in the Oval Office, he ...

Historically, governments used tariffs to protect domestic industries and raise revenue, with policies dating back to the Tariff Act of 1890 under President William McKinley. How have tariffs been ...

In the 1890s, our country was probably the wealthiest it ever was because it was a system of tariffs. We had a president, you ...

Consider one of Trump’s personal heroes, William McKinley, and the consequences of the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890. It was signed into law during America’s so-called “Gilded Age.” ...

He championed the Tariff Act of 1890, which set the then-highest import tax in U.S. history. “It led to an increase in prices, a kind of inflation, even before the bill took effect,” said Robert Merry ...

McKinley champions the Tariff Act of 1890 McKinley hailed from Canton, in northeast Ohio and was son of an iron foundries owner who was especially sensitive to overseas competition. He won a seat ...

McKinley champions the Tariff Act of 1890 McKinley grew up in Canton, in northeast Ohio, son of an iron foundries owner who was especially sensitive to overseas competition. He won a seat in ...