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This substitute was a careful and elaborate protective tariff bill, containing some provisions I did not approve, but, in its general provisions, was, in my opinion, a far better bill than the Mills bill.
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Sherman compares a protective tariff bill favorably to the Mills bill, despite some disagreements.
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