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Jul 1, 2014 · Summary and Definition: The Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act was essentially a compromise between the proposals of New York Representative Sereno E. Payne and Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. The Payne proposal, supported by President Taft and the Progressives, was designed to lower tariff rates.
Sereno E. Payne, a Republican congressman from New York, sponsored a tariff bill that called for several reduced rates, which the House swiftly passed. The Senate responded with a bill authored by Nelson W. Aldrich, a Republican multi-millionaire from Rhode Island, that effected fewer
high protective tariffs were under attack for promoting the growth of mo-nopoly trusts and the high cost of living, keeping Old Guard Republicans on the defensive. The party’s failure to address these issues in the 1909 Payne- Aldrich tariff left them vulnerable in the 1910 and 1912 elections.
Tariff Revision: The Payne-Aldrich Tariff of 1909 David W. Detzer* In the early twentieth century reformers zealously assaulted the tariff structure of the United States. They were convinced that bloated trusts were foisting high duties on the nation, that Big Business was picking the pocket of the average
President Taft signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, a compromise bill that lowered 650 tariff rates, raised 220 others and left 1,150 unchanged. It proved unsatisfac-tory to a large number of reform-minded Republicans and was a major reason why many of them deserted the party in the election of 1910. That intra-party split
Unfortunately, Taft is probably most famous for getting stuck in his bathtub. His obvious obesity helped change American attitudes toward fitness. The defining moment came with the Payne-Aldrich Tariff. Progressives hated the measure, which raised rates, and conservatives lauded it.
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, 1909, passed by the U.S. Congress. It was the first change in tariff laws since the Dingley Act of 1897; the issue had been ignored by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Republican platform of 1908 pledged revision of the tariff.
