Woodrow Wilson actually said...

The advantage of the use is largely theoretical.

I am convinced there is no moral or legal obligation resting on the, Government to continue the use of these tubes by rental.

This is an unfounded assumption, because practically all this mail could be handled at less cost and more expeditiously by other means.

These reasons seeming to me conclusive and compelling, I have not felt the liberty to acquiesce in this feature of the bill, which I herewit...