The prices the people of this country are paying for everything that it is necessary for them to use in order to live are not justified by a shortage in supply, either present or prospective.

Public action will no doubt cause many who have perhaps unwittingly adopted illegal methods to abandon them.

Opinion and concerted action on the part of purchasers can probably do the rest.

Our national life has no doubt been less radically disturbed and disarranged than the national life of other peoples.

I direct and authorize the officers and enlisted men of the Army of the United States to observe like diligence in preventing such violations and in causing offenders to be turned over to the appropriate civil authorities for trial and…

I have found that there exist in Mexico such conditions of domestic violence promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States as contemplated by the said Joint Resolution and Act of Congress;

I take the liberty of returning H.R. 3157, 'An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920,' without my signature.

I think that I am justified in saying that it would constitute something more than an inconvenience.

That act was intended to place the chief business activities of the country as nearly as might be within the limits of daylight throughout the year.

The overwhelming testimony of its value which has come to me convinces me that I should not be justified in acquiescing in its repeal.

I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said Joint Resolution and Act of Congress

I do hereby admonish all citizens of the United States and every person to abstain from every violation of the provisions of the Joint Resolution and Act of Congress above set forth.