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On the recordAugust 16, 1911
I have always regarded this language as fixing the proper measure of protection at the ascertained difference between the cost of production at home and that abroad.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval an Act Revising the Schedule of Duties on Wool and Wool...

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