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."

"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."

"I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority of the Panama Canal Act, do hereby declare and proclaim the official and formal opening of the Panama Canal for..."

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