William Taft said...

The same reasons which impelled me to decline to sign the wool bill control me in this case.

I concur fully in the conclusions which the Secretary of War has reached and in the recommendations which he makes.

Of course if it shall turn out that the most thorough excavation will not disclose the cause we must be content, but as ...

Pledged to support a policy of moderate protection, I can not approve a measure which violates its principle.