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The high tariff advocates lost in 1857, but stepped up their campaign by blaming the economic recession of 1857 on the lower rates. Economist Henry Charles Carey of Philadelphia was the most outspoken advocate, along with Horace Greeley and his influential newspaper, the New York Tribune .
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This is a list of United States tariff laws. 1789: Tariff of 1789 (Hamilton Tariff) 1790: Tariff of 1790; 1791: Tariff of 1791; 1792: Tariff of 1792; 1816: Tariff of 1816; 1824: Tariff of 1824; 1828: Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) 1832: Tariff of 1832; 1833: Tariff of 1833; 1842: Tariff of 1842; 1846: Walker tariff; 1857: Tariff of ...
The Revenue Act of 1913 reduced the average import tariff rates from approximately 40 percent to approximately 25 percent. [15] The Act established the lowest rates since the Walker Tariff of 1857. Most schedules were ad valorem basis, a percentage of the value of the item. [16] The duty on woolens went from 56% to 18.5%.
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