Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The principle of a protective tariff for the benefit of labor, industry, and the farmer is established in the bill by the requirement that the Commission shall adjust the rates so as to cover the diff..."

"No tariff bill has ever been enacted or ever will be enacted under the present system that will be perfect."

"I do not assume the rate structure in this or any other tariff bill is perfect, but I am convinced that the disposal of the whole question is urgent."

"It is urgent that the uncertainties in the business world which have been added to by the long-extended debate of the measure should be ended."