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On the recordAugust 17, 1911
This language is so sweeping that it might be made to cover almost 150 articles used in agriculture, which would affect many sections of the present tariff, and lead to the most injurious uncertainty.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval an Act Removing All Duties on Articles in the Metal,...

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