It is no mere exaggeration of speech or flattery, therefore, for me to point out that this Chamber of Commerce, by the ideals which it may maintain in the matter of business integrity and scrupulous business methods and in maintenance of law in the conduct of corporations, has great power and corresponding responsibility.
Remarks at the Banquet of the Boston Chamber of Commerce in Boston, Massachusetts
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The same reasons which impelled me to decline to sign the wool bill control me in this case.
This language is so sweeping that it might be made to cover almost 150 articles used in agriculture, which would affect many sections of the present tariff, and lead to the most injurious uncertainty.
I earnestly hope that Congress will take immediate action in this regard, as recommended by the Secretary of War.
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.
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