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William McKinley: “The promptitude with which the reports of the consuls are printed and distributed, the generous recognition which is…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 1901
The promptitude with which the reports of the consuls are printed and distributed, the generous recognition which is being increasingly accorded by our business interests to the practical value of their efforts for enlarging trade, and the continued testimony of competent foreign authorities to the general superiority of their commercial work, have naturally had a stimulating effect upon its consular corps as a whole.
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William McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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