LETTER CONCERNING SECTION 7 OF THE TARIFF ACT. ... March 25, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from March 25, 1883, Page 2 Buy Reprints. View on ...

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, ...

INTERPRETING THE TARIFF. Share full ... original context from August 15, 1883, Page 3 Buy Reprints. View ... the question of the duty on sulphate of cinchonidia under the new tariff act.

Botanists might see fruit, but to a tariff collector, there's nothing but vegetables here. ... the things covered by the Tariff Act of 1883—tomatoes were really vegetables,” won the day. ...

DOUG IRWIN: So the second act passed by Congress was a tariff act. And that's because the most important problem that was facing the country was the government had no money.

The tariff of 1833 was a compromise act between the two parties, and was arranged by Clay and Calhoun. Its purpose was to bring all duties to twenty per cent. ad valorem.