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ˈtariff-reˈform
gen. The reform of a tariff, or of existing tariff conditions; spec. (Hist.) in U.S. politics, ‘a reform favouring a general reduction of import duties, and in general a movement away from Protection’ (Cent. Dict. 1891); in early 20th-c. British politics (usually with capitals, Tariff Reform), the extension of the tariff on imports, as opposed to ‘Free Trade’. Also attrib., as Tariff Reform League, tariff-reform movement, tariff-reform party, tariff-reform policy, etc.
1859R. Cobden Let. 8 Nov. in F. A. Wellesley Paris Embassy during Second Empire (1928) ix. 193 There is no Imperial road to tariff reform, and if he [sc. Napoleon III] goes to work à la Villafranca, he will find himself in a supplement of vexations and troubles. 1891in Cent. Dict. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Tariff-reform,..applied in the United States to a movement away from the policy of protection. 1903Morley Gladstone I. ii. viii. 264 It was by the principles of free trade that Peel and his lieutenant justified tariff-reform. 1903J. Chamberlain Sp. Introd. 8 They [speeches] have..been..supplemented by statistics and details..which it is the function of the Tariff Reform League and the Imperial Tariff Committee to supply in their publications. 1908E. E. Williams in Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 2/3 [Formed May 14, 1903 as the Protection League] A fortnight later it changed the name to the Tariff League, and again a fortnight later to that of the Imperial Tariff League..[after] some six or seven weeks it was formally amalgamated with an inchoate body (comprising chiefly members of Parliament in sympathy with the new movement) under the title of the Tariff Reform League. 1908Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 2/2 If [Mr. Bryan's] declaration means anything, it is a notable advance in what Americans call ‘Tariff Reform’—i.e., a change of the Tariff in the direction of Free Trade.
Hence tariff-reformer, an advocate or supporter of tariff-reform; in British politics from 1903, an advocate of an extended tariff on imports.
1903J. Chamberlain Sp. Introd. 9 The Tariff Reformers..believe that..by re-arming ourselves with the weapon of a moderate tariff, we may still defend our home market against unfair competition. |