YES HOWEVER that was when the Federal income tax did not exist. Tariffs was the money raised to run the government. Start a tariff war with federal income taxes in place kills the middle class because on top of federal income tax tariff recoup from products is passed to the consumer. There hang been a recent example of a sustainable 10 years period in which tarrifs have produced jobs
Just doesn’t happen
China 1990 to present. High import tariffs and huge industrial growth. So you would be wrong. Totally wrong.