ABSTRACT
The Dineley Tariff of the United States was passed into law in 1897. It was highly Protectionist in character, and levied import duties upon food and raw materials, and on partly and wholly manufactured articles. The import duties on food were practically inoperative, as America has little need to import food; the food duties were shams put into the schedule to placate the agricultural States. The tariff had high duties on many raw materials, put in at the bidding of those interested in their production. Amongst the materials taxed were timber, iron ore, hides, skins, leather, paper, hemp, tallow, basic slag, &c. Indeed, duties were levied on 100,000,000 dollars' worth of raw materials every year. It is also interesting to observe that, in spite of the tariff, America imports more manufactured articles than are imported into the United Kingdom.
