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EPISODE · Oct 29, 2025 · 4 MIN

Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930

from Historia - Delta College Public Radio · host Delta College Public Radio

Picture a farmer in Iowa in 1930. He’s been through years of falling prices. Along comes a promise from Washington: a new law that will protect him from cheap foreign competition, raise the price of imports, and, supposedly, give American agriculture a boost. Support this podcast: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/

Picture a farmer in Iowa in 1930. He’s been through years of falling prices. Along comes a promise from Washington: a new law that will protect him from cheap foreign competition, raise the price of imports, and, supposedly, give American agriculture a boost. Support this podcast: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/

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