That was especially true of one provision in the 1890 Tariff Act that made the import of luxury dresses extremely expensive.
Herbert Hoover signed the retaliatory Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, and it only made the Great Depression worse. | Opinion ...
That was especially true of one provision in the 1890 Tariff Act that made the import of luxury dresses extremely expensive. Wealthy elite women saw this provision as an attack on their lifestyle.