The truth is that the language of the act is so ambiguous and possibly all-embracing that it is impracticable for the Treasury Department to give an exact estimate as to the diminution in revenue which will follow its passage.
Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval 'An Act to Place on the Free List Agricultural...'
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