Tag Archive for "Tariffs" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Proclamation, February 12, 1926

April 21, 2021

Purpose: To increase the rate of duty upon men’s straw hats Date: February 12, 1926 (Original document available here) Whereas in and by section 315 (a) of Title III of the […]

Tags: Tariffs, Trade

Proclamation, December 12, 1925

April 15, 2021

Purpose: Adjusted tariff duty imposed on taximeters, mechanical devices used to calculate passenger fare in taxicabs, produced in Germany Date: December 12, 1925 (Original document available here) Whereas in and by section […]

Tags: Economics, Germany, Protection, Tariffs, Trade

Calvin Coolidge Says, September 10, 1930

February 4, 2021

Date: September 10, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) The report that the Tariff Commission is about to start investigations of a wide variety of commodities will not […]

Tags: Economics, limits of knowledge, Tariffs, Trade

Calvin Coolidge Says, March 21, 1931

January 19, 2021

Date: March 21, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) Now that the proposed European tariff truce has been voluntarily abandoned it is possible to discuss it with more […]

Tags: European unity, Tariffs, Trade

Calvin Coolidge Says, July 11, 1930

December 31, 2020

Date: July 11, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) Some foreign nations seem alarmed at our increases of duties on imports. Such alarm is not justified. On the whole, […]

Tags: Depression, imports, Tariffs