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Calvin Coolidge: Expenditure of public funds to bring in more new land should have most searching scrutiny, so long as our farmers face…

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Expenditure of public funds to bring in more new land should have most searching scrutiny, so long as our farmers face unsatisfactory prices for crops and livestock produced on land already under cultivation.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge calls for careful scrutiny of public funds used for expanding agricultural land in light of unsatisfactory prices.

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