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Bill Taft: “I venture to say that no legislative body has ever had presented to it a more complete and exhaustive report than this…”

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I venture to say that no legislative body has ever had presented to it a more complete and exhaustive report than this on so difficult and complicated a subject as the relative costs of wool and woolens the world over.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft praises the thoroughness of the Tariff Board's report on the complexities of wool and woolen costs globally.

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