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Bill Taft: “I pointed out the difficulty that there always was in a revision of the tariff, due to the threatened disturbance of…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 1909
I pointed out the difficulty that there always was in a revision of the tariff, due to the threatened disturbance of industries to be affected and the suspension of business.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address on the Tariff Law of 1909

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