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On the recordJune 18, 1890
If sugar is placed upon the free list, practically every important article exported from those States will be given untaxed access to our markets, except wool.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to Congress Recommending Reciprocal Commercial Treaties with Other Republics of the Western Hemisphere

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