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On the recordJune 27, 1923
We have become convinced that somehow our system of distribution has grown too cumbersome, too costly, too complex, too indirect, too unrelated to the interests of real producers and legitimate consumers.
Said by
Warren Harding
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Address in Idaho Falls, Idaho

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