If the facts secured by the Tariff Board are of such a character as to show generally that the rates of duties imposed by the present tariff law are excessive under the principles of protection as described in the platform of the successful party at the late election, I shall not hesitate to invite the attention of Congress to this fact and to the necessity for action predicated thereon.
Bill Taft: “If the facts secured by the Tariff Board are of such a character as to show generally that the rates of duties imposed…”
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