Bill Taft: “I respectfully urge upon Congress this appropriation.”

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

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

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.