Smoot-Hawley tariffs led to greatly diminished global trade — and, some experts argue, exacerbated the Great Depression.

But Smoot-Hawley is certainly stirring up some buzz today. For those unfamiliar with ye old Act, Smoot-Hawley was named for Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and ...

The history of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act shows how Mr. Trump’s tariffs are likely to play out. In 1930, Utah senator Reed Smoot and Oregon representative Willis Hawley proposed a sharp ...

Susan was born February 10, 1946, to Reed Smoot Seaman and Mary Albertson Seaman in Cedar City, Utah. Surrounded by loved ones, she passed away peacefully in Taylorsville, Utah. As the oldest of ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 kneecapped America's ability to escape the Great Depression, and today's trade wars look ...

Declared Senator Reed Smoot : “I haven’t said I’d resign as Chairman [of the Finance Committee] if Senator La Follette is named but I feel I should if the Committee falls into hostile hands.” ...

You’d better go home and take your children and have family prayers and destroy that book. . . .” Looking very pained at such language in the Senate, Senator Reed Smoot who himself has been ...

Now, the Kansas City Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles and try to become the first team ever to hoist three straight ...

Clay’s brokerage of the deal “helped save the Union,” Irwin said. Then there are Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley, the federal legislators behind the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which imposed broad ...

Ethan Richardson led Carroll County (14-0) with 18 points, while Isaiah Easter collected 16 points, Bryce Smoot and Cody Reece ... earned 17 points and Karsyn Reed notched 14 points and seven ...