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Excerpt from Expenditure, Tariff, Bonds, Etc: Speech of Hon. James B. Beck, of Kentucky, in the House of Representatives, January 22, 1870 Similar deductions may be made in respect to lumber, the materials which enter into the composi tion of boots and shoes, and the manufacture of fur and felt hats; to steel, carpets, blankets, woolen goods of every description. And a great variety of other articles, the prices of all of which have been greatly and unnecessarily enhanced by special and partial legislation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.