03/01/1889
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"To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a final protocol, signed at Paris on the 7th day of July, 1887, by the plenipotentiaries of the United States ..."
"The amount of money annually exacted from the industries and necessities of the people largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expenses of the Government."
"This wrong inflicted upon those who bear the burden of national taxation multiplies a brood of evil consequences."
"The simple and plain duty which we owe the people is to reduce taxation to the necessary expenses of an economical operation of the Government."