Tariff Collection

Key figures behind tariff reform from Birmingham area
The key figures behind tariff reform from the Birmingham area. Tariff Reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903

Tariff Reform Needed
How can the poor British agriculturist compete with foreign produce - German and American shops - the Chicago Meat Trust ? The answer is TARIFF REFORM, of course !

Political poster, Free Trade versus Fair Trade -- a commentary on Joseph Chamberlain (seen here as the New Gardener) and the Tariff Reform League. circa 1906

Hastings Harbour, Sussex, with ferry, and an advertisement for electricity - clean, convenient, healthy. (2 of 2) Date: 1936

Tariff Reform League Campaign Card
A campaign card by the Tariff Reform League shows a hop farmer complaining that cheap imports of hops will lead to his ending up in the workhouse. Date: 1908

UK General Election 1906 - Winners as the True Blue
The General Election - Comic postcard showing the delight amid the working class at the landslide defeat for the Conservative Party and their Liberal Unionist allies

RMS Olympic invitation, restaurant card
An invitation, bearing the name of Mr George F Morrell of The Graphic, for a Channel trip on the White Star Line cruise ship, the RMS Olympic

Joseph Chamberlain MP at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 4th Novem
Illustration showing Joseph Chamberlain MP, delivering a speech on Protectionism and Free Trade, at Bingley Hall, Birmingham

Cartoon by Harold Auerbach, The Era of June? A comment on the controversial political issues of tariff reform, free trade, home rule and socialism. Date: 1910

Cartoon by Harold Auerbach, The Era of 1910? A comment on the controversial political issues of tariff reform, free trade, home rule and socialism. Date: 1910

General Election Promo postcard for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid
The reverse of a promo postcard from January 1910 General Election for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid, Conservative candidate for Camberwell North who failed to defeat the incumbent Thomas James Macnamara

Joseph Chamberlain as a pioneer, observing an unknown land
Joseph Chamberlain aboard a small rowing boat ( The Orchid ), propelled by John Bull, peering toward the Unknown Land through a telescope

Jules Ma?o?line (1838 A?o??n? 1925). French statesman, prime minister from 1896 to 1898. Engraving, 1892. Colored

Jacob Bright / Vanity Fair
Sir A Osmond Williams wears a frock coat, chalk striped trousers with front creases, spats, a fawn coloured waistcoat with watch chain, all round collar & black tie. Date: 1909

Election propaganda postcard for the Liberal Party, featuring a quote from The Chancellor of the Exchequer (and future Prime Minister) David Lloyd George on 30th July 1909

John Bull standing at the parting of the ways
The Parting of the Wats - John Bulls Rival Guides. John Bull standing at the parting of the ways - a choice for Britain between the Path of Prosperity offered by the Tariff Reform of Joseph

Proud Joseph Chamberlain astride his High Horse, flying the flag for Imperialism and Fiscal Reform, whilst trampling his Radical political opponents

Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling Radicals
The Radical Inferno. Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling his Radical political opponents (who were against his proposals for Tariff Reform) - including Henry Campbell-Bannerman (foreground)

The Great Headless Radical Party Elephant
The Great Headless Radical Party - The sort of thing no fellow can understand!. Joseph Chamberlain mocking the ruling government, labelled the Radical Party )

Receipt for a donation to the Chamberlain Birthday Fund
Receipt for a donation of 3 Shillings to the Chamberlain Birthday Fund - to be passed to Joseph Chamberlain to further any cause he wished, ultimately his continuing support for Tariff Reform

The tariff tots

As the tariff-war must end. Illustration shows Uncle Sam in a tree, chased there by the Russian Bear which is standing at the base of the tree; Uncle Sam has dropped his rifle labeled US Duty

The tariff triumph of pharaoh Wilson. Illustration shows President Wilson as a pharaoh riding in an Egyptian chariot drawn by the Democratic donkey; he is holding a small sword

Uncle Sam gets a reassuring view of what the new tariff will do to him. Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing before two mirrors that distort the reflected image

The custom-house code of morals under our beautiful tariff system. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with William Dorsheimer seated at center in the Office of the US District Attorney

Tariff reform. Cleveland and Thurman. Date c1888 Sept. 17

The tariff wait. Illustration shows on a winters night a small figure labeled Consumer sings Christmas carols at the bottom of the steps to a large federal building where, standing on the steps

The high tariff Phryne before the tribunal. Illustration shows a congressional inquiry based on the painting Phryne before the Areopagus with High Tariff Phryne being disrobed by a man labeled

Tariff Reform - Austen Chamberlain
Cartoon looking at the tariff reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903. This move aimed to broaden the basis of taxation, to introduce a preference

Political cartoon - Joseph Chamberlain as jockey
" Who is Going to Ride it?" Joseph Chamberlain watches on in amusement as three jockeys (including Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (seated) and Herbert Henry Asquith

Joseph Chamberlain - Coat of Many Colours
In a picture postcard, Radical politicial Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) is pictured wearing a coat of many colours. Each segment reflects the different stages in his political career: socialist

Joseph Chamberlain - Balancing Act
Fiscalitis Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) performs a balancing act, standing precariously on a glass globe entitled Class whilst juggling a loaf of bread

Free Trade or Tariff ?
Propaganda postcard advocating Free Trade rather than Tariff Reform, which would lead to higher prices, unemployment for some and longer working hours for others

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