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Remarks at the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia

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Oct 26, 1911

So it is I am here, after having traversed I don't know how many states and visited I do not know how many cities.

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This language is so sweeping that it might be made to cover almost 150 articles used in agriculture, which would affect many sections of the present tariff, and lead to the most injurious uncertainty.

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Aug 17, 1911

This would impose a heavy burden on the administrative branch of the Government, create disastrous uncertainty in commercial circles, and lead to a burdensome amount of litigation.

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I can not close this message without inviting the attention of Congress again to the necessity for the erection of a building to contain the public archives.

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