Woodrow Wilson: “This proclamation shall take effect as from the 2nd day of February, 1920.”

A recommendation at this time that suitable legislative action should be taken may appear somewhat premature, but in view of the approaching termination of my administration I have brought this matter to your attention, hoping that…

Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.

Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.

If there ever was a time when America had anything to fear from foreign competition, that time has passed.