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Taft Seeks Tremendous Tariff and Canal Financing
President Taft asks Congress to ratify a sweeping program covering the Panama Canal fortifications and funding, the Panama Canal toll policy, a broader merchant marine push, tariff board expansion, and judiciary pay raises. He outlines budget projections for 1912 1913 including surpluses and deficits and urges fortification and standardized rail and postal reforms alongside anti trust and federal court improvements.
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Department of State
United States
Congress
Paama
Treasury
Navy Building Program
Panama Canal
Revenue Cutter Service
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
Gaethals
Goethals
Univy
Suez Canal
Tropics