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Bill Taft: “This is necessary to assure favorable transportation facilities to our great ocean-borne commerce as well as to…”

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This is necessary to assure favorable transportation facilities to our great ocean-borne commerce as well as to supplement the Navy with an adequate reserve of ships and men It would have the economic advantage of keeping at home part of the vast sums now paid foreign shipping for carrying American goods.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft emphasizes the importance of maintaining a strong merchant marine for economic reasons.

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