Bill Taft: “I haven't lost hope that you may know a good thing when you see it.”

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

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.

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…

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…