First, then, you are proposing to open the ports of the United States directly to the tropical products of the two greatest archipelagos of the world, and indirectly, through the Open Door we have pledged in the Philippines, to all the products of all the world!
Reid highlights the implications of opening U.S. ports to tropical products from various regions, emphasizing global trade.
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Isn’t it better to have the laws in some way take the matter out of their hands and make them work?