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Taussig (second from the left) at the 1911 Harvard commencement. Much of Taussigs work is available from Internet Archive: 1883: Protection to Young Industries as Applied to the United States (second edition, 1886) 1885: History of the Present Tariff, 1860–83; 1888: The Tariff History of the United States eighth edition, 1931,
The Tariff of 1842 returned the tariff to the level of 1832, with duties averaging between 23% and 35%. The Walker Tariff of 1846 essentially focused on revenue and reversed the trend of substituting specific for ad valorem duties. The Tariff of 1857 reduced the tariff to a general level of 20%, the lowest rate since 1830, and expanded the free ...
F. W. Taussig The Tariff History Of The United States, 1909 p. 259 From 1871 to 1908, 5 out of a span of 38 years saw the U.S. price of steel rail exceed the English price by the tariff margin or greater. 33 out of 38 years - 87% of the time span - the U.S. price did not take full advantage of the tariff to increase its profits.
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U.S. agriculture stayed near full production as Europe’s ag production recovered by 1920. The U.S. withdrew wartime price supports. During 1920 to 1928, the price of corn ranged from $0.40 to $0 ...
As part of a large group of legislation passed during the Progressive Era in the early 1900s, U.S. Congress established the United States Tariff Commission in 1916, which had a purpose to apply scientific principles to the study of tariffs and to assist in recommending appropriate tariff levels. [14] Frank Taussig, then an Economics professor ...
Tariff fights can backfire, because the government can't easily shape the preferences of American consumers.
Trump’s calls to replace the existing federal income tax with protective tariffs is not only impractical in the face of growing federal deficits; it is also clashes with historical reality.