Congress, Tariff Speeches, 1890, Included is a copy of the Tariff Bill
Congress, Tariff Speeches, 1890, Included is a copy of the Tariff Bill
"The McKinley Tariff of 1890 set the average ad valorem tariff rate for imports to the United States at 48.4%, and protected manufacturing. Its chief proponent was Congressman and future President William McKinley.
In return for its passage, the Sherman Silver Purchase Act was given Republican support. It raised the prices in the United States under Benjamin Harrison, which may have cost him his presidency in the next elections.
The tariff was detrimental to the American farmers. It drove up the prices of farm equipment (since wages and imported components were more expensive) and failed to halt sliding agricultural prices, possibly since there wasn't much competition with imported goods since American agricultural produce was already cheaper than imports.
The following agrarian resentment would help give rise to the Free Silver movement and the Populist Party.
The McKinley Tariff Act raised tariffs and brought new trouble to farmers, who were forced to buy high-priced, protected products from American manufacturers but sell their own products into highly competitive, unprotected world markets. This upset many rural voters, who voted many Republicans out of office in the next congressional elections (1890).
The McKinley Tariff was a direct contributing factor to the Panic of 1893 which resulted in the defeat of Democrats in the 1894 Congressional mid-term elections. The reverberations of the Panic were still being felt during the Presidential Election of 1896 which helped sweep Republican William McKinley into the White House." (from Wikipedia)
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First edition. 6" x 9". Half-leather binding with gold label, over red-marbled board. A beautiful volume. Extremely-fine condition.
From the library of G. H. Brickner, who was a member of Congress from Sheboygan Falls from 1889-1895. His name is stamped at the bottom of the spine.
A compilation of pamphlets bound together into one volume. All of the speeches are concerning the Tariff policies of the United States, some for and some against. The following speeches and remarks are included in this volume:
Report of Mr. McKinley, from the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted to accompany H. R. 9416. 38 pages.
H. R. 9416. In the House of Representatives, April 16, 1890, A Bill to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes. 60 pages.
Speech of Hon. George W. Atkinson, of West Virginia, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 20, 1890. 7 pages.
Speech of Hon. George W. Atkinson, of West Virginia, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 9, 1890. 14 pages.
Speech of Hon. Julius C. Burrows, of Michigan, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, May 8, 1890. 16 pages.
Speech of Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, May 10, 1890. 24 pages.
Speech of Hon. H. F. Bartine, of Nevada, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, May 10, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. A. T. Bliss, of Michigan, in the House of Representatives, Monday, May 19, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. Marriott Brosius, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, May 10, 1890. 24 pages.
Speech of Hon. Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, in the House of Representatives, supporting the proviso in the McKinley Tariff bill imposing a duty of one and one-half cents per pound on the lead contained in silver and other imported ores, May 15 and 19, 1890. 27 pages.
Speech of Hon. H. Dudley Coleman, of Louisiana, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 20, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, May 10, 1890. 26 pages.
Speech of Hon. Fred T. Dubois, of Idaho, in the House of Representatives, Monday, May 19, 1890, on the amendment of Mr. Funston, of Kansas, to allow lead in lead ore to come in free of duty when the value of the silver in the ore was greater than the value of the lead. 12 pages.
Speech of Hon. Nathan Frank, of Missouri, in the House of Representatives, Monday, May 19, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. Charles H. Grosvenor, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, May 10, 1890. 16 pages.
Speech of Hon. John H. Gear, of Iowa, in the House of Representatives, Friday, May 9, 1890. 20 pages.
Speech of Hon. David B. Henderson, of Iowa, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, May 10, 1890. 4 pages.
Speech of Hon. H. C. Hansbrough, of North Dakota, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 13, 1890. 8 pages.
Remarks of Hon. William M. Kinsey, of Missouri, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, May 8, and Tuesday, May 20, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. Robert M. La Follette, of Wisconsin, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, May 10, 1890. 10 pages.
Speech of Hon. Henry L. Morey, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, May 21, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. Elijah A. Morse, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, Friday, May 9, 1890. 16 pages.
Speech of Hon. Orren C. Moore, of New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, May 17, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. Myron H. McCord, of Wisconsin, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 20, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. Elijah A. Morse, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 20, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. William McKinley, Jr., of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, May 7, 1890. 24 pages.
Speech of Hon. James O'Donnell, of Michigan, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, May 7, 1890. 11 pages.
Speech of Hon. Sereno E. Payne, of New York, in the House of Representatives, Friday, May 9, 1890. 23 pages.
Speech of Hon. Philip S. Post, of Illinois, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, May 7, 1890. 22 pages.
Speech of Hon. Charles A. Russell, of Connecticut, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 20, 1890. 15 pages.
Speech of Hon. William Edgar Simonds, of Connecticut, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, May 8, 1890. 16 pages.
Speech of Hon. Joseph H. Sweney, of Iowa, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 20, 1890. 4 pages.
Speech of Hon. John Sanford, of New York, in the House of Representatives, Friday, May 9, 1890. 13 pages.
Speech of Hon. H. Stockbridge, Jr., of Maryland, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, May 8, 1890. 8 pages.
Speech of Hon. Joseph D. Taylor, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, Friday, May 16, 1890. Protect everything or nothing--the country needs more money and more industries--the cure for agricultural depression--100,000,000 sheep and 600,000,000 puonds of wool--American wool for American carpets--when the farmer is prosperous the country is prosperous. 14 pages.
Speech of Hon. H. Townsend, of Colorado, in the House of Representatives, May 19, 1890. 14 pages.
Speech of Hon. William C. Wallace, of New York, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, May 20, 1890. 4 pages.
Speech of Hon. J. H. Walker, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, May 10, 1890. Wages. Manufacturers' profits. Canadian Tariff. 38 pages.