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Bill Taft: “Conversely, a rate only adequate to equalize this difference on cheaper goods would remove protection from the…”

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Conversely, a rate only adequate to equalize this difference on cheaper goods would remove protection from the fine-goods manufacture, the increase in which has been one of the striking features of the trade's development in recent years.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft explains the trade-offs involved in tariff rates for cheaper versus more expensive goods in the textile industry.

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