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 that have so distressed the people of the world.
Message to the Congress Concerning the Work of the Interior Department and Other Matters
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I would rather cut off my right hand than do anything to disturb the business of this country.
Nothing, however, halts business and interferes with the course of prosperity so much as the threatened revision of the tariff.
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