I have come to ask you for the repeal of that provision of the Panama Canal Act of August 24, 1912, which exempts vessels engaged in the coastwise trade of the United States from payment of tolls.
Woodrow Wilson: “I have come to ask you for the repeal of that provision of the Panama Canal Act of August 24, 1912, which exempts…”
On the recordMarch 4, 1914
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Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Panama Canal Tolls
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