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Ben Harrison: “It has not seemed to me that this was a case in which we could yield to the suggestion of further concessions on the…”

On the recordJune 30, 1892
It has not seemed to me that this was a case in which we could yield to the suggestion of further concessions on the part of the United States with a view to securing treaty rights for which a consideration has already been given.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the Senate Reporting on Reciprocal Trade with Canada

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