A history of the United States . I Ctty Dlituque oC W\Ai Deglloines loledo ^ Burlington o iij St. Joseph Kansas „^?-\JCity ^> y °r [X J^ J i-4^C^^ ^^?i^^^^^M%\o U 1 ^^Z ,TUhlequah\ J^^ ^ 7 Mrf««il^P^^ \ ^ ^•^?1 A R lwV,N Sw SuR- ^ ^ oiv*. ^ / V — . ; I X / LUtle4lock5\U«Vt Springs^. F.„?^ontgoMry ^^^ ^ UNITED STATES SCALE OF MILES CHAPTER XXXIX. THE ADMINISTRATION OF TAFT, AND THE PROGRES-SIVE MOVEMENT, 1909-1913. 701. The Payne-Aldrich Tariff, 1909. — Throughout the cam-paign of 1908, Mr. Taft had interpreted the Republican plat-form as promising a downward revision of the rates of t
A history of the United States . I Ctty Dlituque oC W\Ai Deglloines loledo ^ Burlington o iij St. Joseph Kansas „^?-\JCity ^> y °r [X J^ J i-4^C^^ ^^?i^^^^^M%\o U 1 ^^Z ,TUhlequah\ J^^ ^ 7 Mrf««il^P^^ \ ^ ^•^?1 A R lwV,N Sw SuR- ^ ^ oiv*. ^ / V — . ; I X / LUtle4lock5\U«Vt Springs^. F.„?^ontgoMry ^^^ ^ UNITED STATES SCALE OF MILES CHAPTER XXXIX. THE ADMINISTRATION OF TAFT, AND THE PROGRES-SIVE MOVEMENT, 1909-1913. 701. The Payne-Aldrich Tariff, 1909. — Throughout the cam-paign of 1908, Mr. Taft had interpreted the Republican plat-form as promising a downward revision of the rates of tlieDingley Tariff. Since 1902, when Western Republicans ad-vanced the Iowa Idea for a lower tariff, there had been agrowing demand for this within the party. It- was generallybelieved that many of the existing rates were unreasonably high,and that, by preventing foreign competition, they encouragedtrusts and monopolies in America. Few citizens, of any party,wanted free trade ; but so many wanted lower duties that therewas wide approval when President Taft summoned Congress inspecial session to revise the tariff. The resulting Payne-Aldrich Tariff (so called from Repre-sentative Sereno E. Payne and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, wholed the debates upon it), revealed the difficul
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