Originally Posted By: Small Bore
The Tariff put a lot of export reliant English firms on the downward spiral. Many never fully recovered.


Interesting point. I have no doubt you are correct. I have paid more attention to American-Belgian trade relationship during this period. For my education, could you name one or two firms so impacted? I would imagine there was a ripple through out the production chain in England eventually impacting the steel industry in some degree.

Pete