I have happened to see a number of reports of that kind which had a foreign origin that didn't have any foundation.
A prime requisite of commerce is transportation.
An exchange of commodities always results in an exchange of ideas.
Not only transportation, but communication, is necessary to commercial interchanged.
Under free governments trade must be free, and to be of permanent value it ought to be independent.
I think it probably wise to look with more or less suspicion on reports concerning the attitude of this Government toward China and its repr...
Under our standard we do not expect the Government to support trade; we expect trade to support the Government.
While America is not the chief market for breadstuffs and animal products of these countries, it is and must be the chief market for industr...
Commerce has no other permanent foundation.
Governments do not have commercial relations.
International exchange of large dimensions becomes one of the strongest guaranties of peace.