There can be no doubt, I think, that with these facilities well established and with a rebate of duties upon imported raw materials used in the manufacture of goods for export our merchants will be able to compete in the ports of the Latin-American nations with those of any other country.
Message to Congress Recommending Reciprocal Commercial Treaties with Other Republics of the Western Hemisphere
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