On the recordAugust 21, 1911
The empirical and haphazard character of this bill is shown more clearly perhaps in the amendment to Schedule A than in any other.
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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval an Act Reducing the Duties on Cotton Manufactures,...
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