William Howard Taft
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When he presented his tariff reform package, Congress put forth more than eight hundred amendments that made it almost impossible to pass, and he did nothing to object. He did, however, achieve one significant reform legislation, the Mann-Elkins Act of 1910, which regulated destructive competition and unfair trade practices."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Also, ninety-nine trust prosecutions were conducted while he was in office. Nevertheless, when Taft was halfway through his presidency, he had become heavily influenced by conservative businessmen who criticized the effects of trust-busting on the national economy. In the end, he reversed his position on tariff reform and therefore alienated progressives who viewed high tariffs as the worst offending characteristic of trusts."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "27o presidente, 1909\u00e2\u0080\u00931913"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "William Howard Taft aspiraba a seguir el ejemplo de Theodore Roosevelt, sobre todo en la implantaci\u00c3\u00b3n de reformas en el \u00c3\u00a1mbito nacional, pero era un l\u00c3\u00adder indeciso, y no tuvo mucho \u00c3\u00a9xito en esa meta. Cuando present\u00c3\u00b3 su propuesta para la reforma tarifaria, el Congreso a\u00c3\u00b1adi\u00c3\u00b3 m\u00c3\u00a1s de ochocientas enmiendas que hac\u00c3\u00adan su aprobaci\u00c3\u00b3n casi imposible, pero Taft no hizo nada para objetar. Sin embargo, s\u00c3\u00ad logr\u00c3\u00b3 una importante ley de reforma, la Ley Mann-Elkins de 1910, que regulaba la competencia destructiva y las pr\u00c3\u00a1cticas injustas en el comercio."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Asimismo, durante su administraci\u00c3\u00b3n se registraron noventa y nueve procesos legales contra monopolios. Sin embargo, hacia la mitad de su t\u00c3\u00a9rmino, Taft se vio muy influenciado por negociantes conservadores que criticaban los efectos de las normas antimonopolio en la econom\u00c3\u00ada nacional. Termin\u00c3\u00b3 por revertir su postura respecto a la reforma tarifaria y con ello se enemist\u00c3\u00b3 con los progresistas que ve\u00c3\u00adan las altas tarifas como la peor caracter\u00c3\u00adstica de los monopolios."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "William E. 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