It has been conclusively shown, by experiments repeated again and again, that the methods of tariff-making by Congress, which have now obtained for so many years, cannot, from the very nature of the case, bring really satisfactory results.
Roosevelt critiques the longstanding tariff-making methods of Congress, arguing they yield unsatisfactory results.
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Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by an Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, 'An Act Making appropriations…
One of the chief principles for which I have stood, and for which I now stand, and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to reduce to action, is the genuine rule of the people.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.
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