Two years later the great "Tariff Act of 1864" was passed, which is said to be the largest financial transaction in the world's history. Internal taxes were considerably raised, and tariff duties ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.--"The House has practically abandoned the Tariff bill," said a Republican Senator to-night, and in expressing that opinion he uttered the conviction of many Senators and many ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, signed into law in 1930, was a U.S. legislative measure that raised tariffs on over 20,00 ...