12/29/1918
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"The immediate and pressing need of the country is production, increased and increasing production, in all lines of industry."
"He is profited by the prosperity which their success brings about."
"I hope that they are considerations which will appeal to the thoughtful judgment of the House and in the long run to the thoughtful judgment of the farmers of the country, who have always shown an adm..."
"I have been obliged to balance one set of disadvantages against another and to venture a judgment as to which were the more serious for the country."