If the committee had adopted this report, and even had reduced the rates of duty proposed by the commission, but preserved the harmony and symmetry of the plan, we would have had a better tariff law than has existed in this country.
Sherman reflects on the potential for a better tariff law if the committee had followed the commission's recommendations.
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