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John Sherman: “Industries, great and small, all suspended by the owners, not because they cannot sell their products, but because they…”

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Industries, great and small, all suspended by the owners, not because they cannot sell their products, but because they cannot get the money to pay for raw material and the wages of their employees.
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John Sherman
Ohio

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Sherman highlights the suspension of industries due to a lack of money for operations.

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