The main way in which Taft differed from other Progressives of the day,
especially Roosevelt, was that he thought it would be a waste of time to
try to keep Progressive values completely in line with the
Constitution.
William Howard Taft tried to fix the antitrust laws and not the labor laws in the US.
Explanation:
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the united states.
Progressive belief in the favor of tariff reduction while Taft belief is different from progressive's beliefs
President Taft signed the Payne-Aldrich Act in 1909, which rather cut down the tariff, increased the tariff on some goods.
Due to this Act, progressive started withdrawing support from president Taft, because the Payne-Aldrich act increased the duty on printed paper which highly affects the publishers.
