Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"The provision of the statute prohibiting the payment of advance wages to seamen is intended to apply to seamen shipped in foreign ports as well as to seamen shipped in ports of the United States."

"Every seaman on a vessel of the United States shall be entitled to receive on demand from the master of the vessel to which he belongs one-half part of balance of his wages earned and remaining unpaid..."

"It shall be, and is hereby, made unlawful in any case to pay any seaman wages in advance of the time when he has actually earned the same."

"the Canal is completed, and is open for commerce"