The result of that conscientious inquiry may be the discovery that the very best thing to provide for the wants and promote the prosperity of that little community out in the Atlantic Ocean is to bestow upon them the unmixed boon of the high protective Dingley tariff devised for the United States of America.
Reid suggests that the best way to support Porto Rico's prosperity may be through the Dingley tariff designed for the United States.
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