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The Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909 (ch. 6, 36 Stat. 11), named for Representative Sereno E. Payne (R–NY) and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (R–RI), began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill raising certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.
Payne's bill passed the House in April 1909; when it reached the Senate, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Nelson W. Aldrich, attached numerous amendments that raised tariff rates. Aldrich's amendments outraged progressives such as Wisconsin's Robert M. La Follette, who strongly opposed the high rates of the Payne-Aldrich tariff ...
The CCPA began as the United States Court of Customs Appeals, created by the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act of August 5, 1909, and it started its work the following year, on April 22, 1910. Five judges for the new court were appointed by President Taft : Robert Morris Montgomery , William H. Hunt , James Francis Smith , Orion M. Barber and Marion ...
The Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act was signed into law by President William Taft at 5:07 p.m., after passing the Senate 54–38. The new rules for a federal corporate tax would take effect at midnight. The new rules for a federal corporate tax would take effect at midnight.
August 5 - Taft signs the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act into law. August 7 - Taft relocates to his Summer White House in Beverly, Massachusetts. [8] September 14 - Taft embarks on a tour throughout the United States. September 21 - Taft establishes the Shoshone Cavern National Monument. September 23 - Taft opens the Gunnison Tunnel in Colorado. [9]
The conference report passed both houses, and Taft signed it on August 6, 1909. The Payne-Aldrich tariff was immediately controversial. According to Coletta, "Taft had lost the initiative, and the wounds inflicted in the acrid tariff debate never healed". [93]
This is a list of United States tariff laws. 1789: Tariff of 1789 (Hamilton Tariff) 1790: ... 1909: Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act; 1913: Revenue Act of 1913 (Underwood ...
The tariff issue was pulling the GOP apart. Roosevelt tried to postpone the issue, but Taft had to meet it head on in 1909 with the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act. Eastern conservatives led by Nelson W. Aldrich wanted high tariffs on manufactured goods (especially woolens), while Midwesterners called for low tariffs. Aldrich outmaneuvered them by ...