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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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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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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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