I had to ask them all to make personal sacrifices in the matter of compensation.
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Address at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois
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Certainly we should proceed prudently in dealing with them upon the basis of ascertained facts rather than hastily and without knowledge to make a reduction of the tariff to satisfy a popular desire.
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