William Taft actually said...

I am constrained, in deference to popular sentiment and with a realizing sense of my duty to the great masses of our people whose welfare is involved, to urge upon your consideration early action on this agreement.

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Message to the Congress Directing Attention of Congress to the Reciprocal Tariff Agreement Between the Dominion of Canada...

04/04/1911

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