William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, is credited with using steep tariffs to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th century. Did they work? Were they good for the U.S. economy?

In 2018, amid national soul-searching over historical monuments, the liberal college town decided to remove an 8-foot sculpture of McKinley, the annexation treaty for Hawaii in his hand, from ...

ASMA KHALID, BYLINE: In the late 19th century, William McKinley was a congressman from Ohio. DOUGLAS IRWIN: And he ushered through a tariff bill in 1890. KHALID: That's Douglas Irwin.