Warren G. Harding: “It is distracting the public mind and prejudicing the judgment of the electorate.”

I believe Congress ought well consider the desirability of the only promising alternative, namely, a provision authorizing proclaimed American valuation, under prescribed conditions, on any given list of articles imported.

The base of the pyramid of civilization which rests upon the soil is shrinking through the drift of population from farm to city.

The influence of the United States in bringing near the settlement of an ancient dispute between South American nations is added proof of the glow of peace in ample understanding.

Its preparation is a signal achievement, and the perfection of the system, a thing impossible in the few months available for its initial trial, will mark its enactment as the beginning of the greatest reformation in governmental practices…