On the recordAugust 21, 1911
I can not make myself a party to dealing with the industries of the country in this way.
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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval an Act Reducing the Duties on Cotton Manufactures,...
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Aug 21, 1911
The empirical and haphazard character of this bill is shown more clearly perhaps in the amendment to Schedule A than in any other.
Aug 16, 1911
If I fail to recommend the reduction of excessive duties to this extent, I shall fail in my duty to the consuming public.
Aug 20, 1911
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Aug 17, 1911
Another clause that calls for comment is in the leather paragraph, which reads as follows: \Leather cut into shoe uppers or vamps or other forms suitable for conversion into manufactured articles.\
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