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Bill Taft: “Last year a group of American bankers undertook to do this and to advance funds for railway and other improvements…”

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Last year a group of American bankers undertook to do this and to advance funds for railway and other improvements contributing directly to the country's prosperity and commerce--an arrangement which has long been desired by this Government.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft notes the involvement of American bankers in funding improvements in Honduras to boost its prosperity.

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