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McKinley, n. U.S. Econ.|məˈkɪnlɪ|
Also M'Kinley.
[The name of William McKinley (1843–1901), U.S. Republican politician, Governor of Ohio 1892–96, and President of the United States 1897–1901, who sponsored the legislation.]
McKinley tariff, a name given to the legislation sponsored by McKinley and enacted in 1890, creating a protective tariff notable for the high duties it imposed; the tariff itself.
1890Times 3 Oct. 7/1 The blow aimed at British industry by the M'Kinley Tariff is an entirely unprovoked act of unfriendliness. 1916Economist 4 Mar. 460/1 The Morrill tariff introduced by the United States in 1881..was gradually developed into the McKinley Tariff, which was Protection naked and unashamed. 1967J. M. Roberts Europe 1880–1945 ii. 42 It took the McKinley tariff in the U.S.A. and the enormous Russian protective duties to convert the German rulers to protection for their manufacturers. |