Under the provisions of Section 2 of this Act hereafter all reports required by law to be made by the governor or members of the executive council of Porto Rico to any official in the United States will be made to the War Department, and all matters pertaining to the government of Porto Rico are placed in the jurisdiction of that department.
Executive Order 1110—Placing Government of Porto Rico Under the War Department
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I concur fully in the conclusions which the Secretary of War has reached and in the recommendations which he makes.
Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.
I can not make myself a party to dealing with the industries of the country in this way.
But there is another, and a very important, reason why the bill ought not to become a law, and that is that in many instances it adopts the principle, rarely permitted in any revenue system, on whatever theory constructed, by which the finished product is made free from duty, and the raw material and the machinery necessary for its production are kept on the dutiable list.
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