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Herbert Hoover: “Such a tariff not only protects the farmer in our domestic market but it also stimulates him to diversify his crops and…”

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Such a tariff not only protects the farmer in our domestic market but it also stimulates him to diversify his crops and to grow products that he could not otherwise produce, and thus lessens his dependence upon exports to foreign markets.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Hoover discusses the dual benefits of an effective tariff on agricultural products for farmers.

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