The important thing is to get our tariff legislation out of the slough of guesswork and logrolling and ex parte statements of interested persons, and to establish that legislation on the basis of tested and determined facts.
Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval an Act Reducing the Duties on Cotton Manufactures,...
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