Prelude to Trade Wars: American Tariff Policy, 1890-1922

The tariff policies of the 1890-1922 led to the development of tariff rates that launched the United States on a path that led to later trade wars. This work traces the course of U.S. policy through five tariffs which preceded the Fordney-McCumber tariff of 1922, when the tariff was used for both protection and revenue.