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The Wilson bill sacrificed the interests of every farmer in the United States, except probably the growers of rice and of fruit in the south.
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Sherman criticizes the Wilson bill for harming farmers across the United States.
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It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
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