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On the recordJanuary 10, 1911
China is making remarkable progress and admirable efforts toward the eradication of the opium evil.
Said by
Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Message to the Congress Recommending Legislative Action for the Suppression of the Opium Evil

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