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Teddy Roosevelt: “It has been conclusively shown, by experiments repeated again and again, that the methods of tariff-making by Congress…”

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It has been conclusively shown, by experiments repeated again and again, that the methods of tariff-making by Congress, which have now obtained for so many years, cannot, from the very nature of the case, bring really satisfactory results.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt critiques the longstanding tariff-making methods of Congress, arguing they yield unsatisfactory results.

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