In this poster from the 1888 election between Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland, Harrison is shown as protecting American trade and keeping industry and prosperity in the U.S. through tariffs. Cleveland, who promoted a reduction in tariffs to lower costs to consumers, is shown as a proponent of free trade, bringing foreign goods and poverty for U.S. workers. Cleveland would win the popular vote but lose the election, a feat that would not occur again for another 112 years.
On loan from the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives