Tariffs: Taft Walks Away - The Payne-Aldrich Tariff of 1909
Tariffs: Taft Walks Away - The Payne-Aldrich Tariff of 1909  
Podcast: My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Published On: Sun Jun 10 2018
Description: Taft fails in trying to lower tariffs, setting up his successor to do it. In frustration, he walks away from the White House. Meanwhile, his opponent, William Jennings Bryan, destroys the tariff in several populist arguments. A look at Payne-Aldrich, the 1909 tariff bill that was as least as important as Smoot Hawley.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices