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Calvin Coolidge: “If it will be beneficial to the farmers, I think the country ought to adopt it, even though it might cost something out…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1924
If it will be beneficial to the farmers, I think the country ought to adopt it, even though it might cost something out of the public treasury, though it is claimed that that would not be the case under the provisions of the bill.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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