01/26/1887
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"I commend its suggestions to the favorable attention of Congress."
"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 necessity of combination to maintain the price of any commodity to the tariff point furnishes proof that someone is willing to accept lower prices for such commodity and that such prices are remun..."
"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."