<Li> Reported by the joint conference committee on May?, 1921; agreed to by the Senate on May 20, 1921 (53--25) and by the House on May 23, 1921 (246--98) </Li> <Li> Signed into law by President Warren G. Harding on May 27, 1921 </Li> <P> The Emergency Tariff of 1921 of the United States was enacted on May 27, 1921 . Due to the Underwood Tariff passed during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, Republican leaders in the United States Congress rushed to create a temporary measure to ease the plight of farmers until a better solution could be put into place . With growing unrest in the American public, President Warren G. Harding and Congress passed the tariff . </P> <P> In the 1920s, the most disconcerting economic issue was declining farm profits . From 1900 - 1920, American farmers had prospered while European agriculture suffered serious disruption due to World War I, therefore prices soared . Beginning in 1919, Europeans closed their markets by implementing tariff barriers . This period of American agricultural prosperity due to rising demand concluded by the early 1920s . While American farms continued to grow due to previous wartime price and technological advances, European demand for American farm products declined and prices plummeted . Wheat price fell from $2.50 to under a dollar a bushel by late 1921 . Many farmers found themselves unable to meet their loan repayments . Additionally, overproduction was depressing the profitability of the agriculture industry . With falling prices (due to low demand) and overproduction, farmers faced a serious problem . The Emergency Tariff raised duties on most imported agricultural products, such as corn, wheat, sugar, wool, meat and more . </P>

During the 1920 what was the goal of the united states tariffs