Bill Taft: “In our country, in this Government and under our Constitution there is no union of Church and State, but rather a…”

There is no difference between the reasons which call for the application of the leasing system to the coal lands still retained by the Government in the United States proper and those which exist in Alaska.

I think it to be greatly in the interest of fair dealing, which ought always to be encouraged by law.

There is no doubt but that a commission could be appointed of such unprejudiced and impartial persons, experts in investigation of economic facts, that a great deal of very valuable light could be shed upon the reasons for the high prices…

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.