The American people are prepared to meet any reasonable burden; they are not asking for charity or favor; fair prices and fair profits they will gladly pay; but they demand information that they are fair, and an immediate reduction if they are not.
Coolidge expresses the American people's readiness to bear reasonable burdens in exchange for fairness.
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