Bill Taft: “Only by such means can our foreign trade be favorably financed, necessary credits be arranged, and proper avail be made…”

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 earnestly recommend the establishment of a Bureau of National Parks.

Now, I hope that it has taken the railroads out of politics.

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…