"There is no foundation for the reports, so far as I know, that Mr. MacMurray, our Minister to China, has resigned."
"No doubt the most important influence in enlarging trade is advertising."
"Our Pan American Union is creating a new civilization in these western Republics, representative of all that is best in the history of the Old World."
"It is our conclusion that while government should encourage international trade [...] those who are actually engaged in the transaction of business must necessarily make their own contacts and establi..."
"I have happened to see a number of reports of that kind which had a foreign origin that didn't have any foundation."
"A prime requisite of commerce is transportation."
"An exchange of commodities always results in an exchange of ideas."
"Not only transportation, but communication, is necessary to commercial interchanged."
"Under free governments trade must be free, and to be of permanent value it ought to be independent."
"I think it probably wise to look with more or less suspicion on reports concerning the attitude of this Government toward China and its representatives in China which originate out of our country."
"Under our standard we do not expect the Government to support trade; we expect trade to support the Government."