Bill Taft: “They knew the responsibilities that they owed to the world and that they owed to the people for whom they were making…”

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.

Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress and the joint resolution of Congress herein named, declare and proclaim the fact that the…

I can not close this message without inviting the attention of Congress again to the necessity for the erection of a building to contain the public archives.

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…