It has been so often and so persistently stated that our tariff laws offered an insurmountable barrier to a large exchange of products with the Latin-American nations that I deem it proper to call especial attention to the fact that more than 87 per cent of the products of those nations sent to our ports are now admitted free.
Message to Congress Recommending Reciprocal Commercial Treaties with Other Republics of the Western Hemisphere
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