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Herbert Hoover: It seems but natural, therefore, that the American farmer, having been greatly handicapped in his foreign market by such…

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It seems but natural, therefore, that the American farmer, having been greatly handicapped in his foreign market by such competition from the younger expanding countries, should ask that foreign access to our domestic market should be regulated by taking into account the differences in our costs of production.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Hoover argues for regulating foreign access to the domestic market based on production cost differences.

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