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The Borah-Robinson Tariff Umbrella as the G.O.P. views it
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows the Democratic donkey and a goat with one horn (Berryman's symbol for insurgent members of either party) huddling in the rain under a large umbrella missing several sections. In 1939, the Congress began work on a new tariff bill designed to help the ailing agricultural interests, but the Republican majority soon added additional measures designed to help industry as well. Senator William Borah of Idaho led insurgent Republicans and Democrats (led by House Minority Leader Joseph Robinson) in proposing an amendment that would have limited the new tariff measures to agricultural products, but the amendment was defeated. The bill, finally passed in 1930 as the Hawley-Smoot Act, did little to help agriculture, but raised other tariffs to an all-time high. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Robinson, Joseph Taylor,--1872-1937. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Umbrellas |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Borah, William Edgar,--1865-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Goats--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Democratic Party (U.S.)--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Democratic donkey (Symbolic character)--1920-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tariffs--United States--1920-1930. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
