Editing McKinley Tariff (section)

===Wool===
The new tariff provisions for [[wool]] and woolen goods were exceedingly protectionist. Wool was previously taxed based on a schedule: more valuable wool was taxed at a higher rate. Through a multitude of complicated tariff schedule revisions, the Act made almost all woolen goods subject to the maximum duty rate.<ref>Taussig 1892, p. 262</ref> The Act also increased the tariff on carpet wool, a wool of very low quality not produced in the US. The government wanted to ensure that importers were not declaring higher-quality wool as carpet wool to evade the tariff.<ref>Taussig 1892, p. 258</ref>