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.
On the recordAugust 16, 1911
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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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