Oct 16, 1914
The principle was adopted that each duty levied was to be tested by the inquiry whether it was put at such a figure and levied in such a manner as to provoke competition.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
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Oct 16, 1914
The lobby by which some of the worst features of the old tariff had been maintained was driven away by the mere pitiless turning on of the light.
Oct 16, 1914
The whole resources of the country are mobilized, to be employed where they are most needed.
Oct 16, 1914
The safest hiding place and covert of such control was in the tariff.
Oct 16, 1914
The program was a great one, and it is a matter of deep satisfaction to think of the way in which it has been handled.
Oct 16, 1914
With this new legislation there is clear and sufficient law to check and destroy the noxious growth in its infancy.
Oct 16, 1914
The thing had needed to be done for a long time, but nobody had ventured before to undertake it in systematic fashion.
Sep 27, 1914
I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and direct that all the unsold, unentered, nonmineral, unreserved lands affected by said Act, which are not withdrawn under the Reclamation Act, shall be…
Sep 27, 1914
No entry allowed under the provisions of this Proclamation shall be subject to commutation.
Sep 27, 1914
The price of the lands shall be three dollars per acre if entered or purchased prior to September 15, 1915, and two dollars per acre if entered or purchased on or after that date.
Sep 27, 1914
If an entryman fails to make any payment when it becomes due, or fails to comply with the requirements of the homestead law as herein modified, his entry will be canceled.
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