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On the recordSeptember 13, 1909
As Boston is the commercial center of New England, your association really speaks for New England, a part of the country whose importance can be measured by the emphasis with which sectional writers and speakers sometimes attack it.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Remarks at the Banquet of the Boston Chamber of Commerce in Boston, Massachusetts

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