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...nly for revenue"; in other words, Whig hopes of restoring the protective [[tariff of 1842]] were vain. There would never again be surplus federal funds from

...iffs on imports as a formula for prosperity, as typified by his [[McKinley Tariff]] of 1890. As the Republican candidate in the [[United States presidential ...st his seat by the narrow margin of 300 votes, partly due to the unpopular tariff bill and partly due to a [[gerrymander]].

...[[American System (economic plan)|American System]], consisting of a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road-building, and a national bank ...signed into law the highly unpopular [[Tariff of 1828]] (also known as the Tariff of Abominations), thereby compromising his chances of getting anything else

[[Image:Cleveland Tariffs.jpg|thumb|275px|Cleveland, portrayed as a tariff reformer]] ...American tariffs had been high since the Civil War, and by the 1880s the tariff brought in so much revenue that the government was running a surplus.<ref>N

...sion]], the [[Clayton Antitrust Act]], the [[Revenue Act of 1913|Underwood Tariff]], the [[Federal Farm Loan Act]] and most notably the [[Federal Reserve Sys ...g his "[[The New Freedom|New Freedom]]" pledges of antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking and currency matters.

...ss he called for peacemaking with [[Germany]] and [[Austria]], emergency [[tariff]]s, new [[immigration]] laws, regulation of [[radio]] and trans cable commu * [[Fordney-McCumber Tariff]] 1922

...ism'', took an active pro-regulation stance as Commerce Secretary, and saw tariff and agricultural support bills through Congress. In his memoirs he recalled ...onomists. Major trading partners, like Canada, immediately retaliated. The tariff, combined with the 1932 Revenue Act, which hiked taxes and fees across the