A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1922, Volume 15Bureau of national literature and art, 1917 - Presidents |
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Page 7122
... authority conferred upon the President by the third section of the tariff act of July 24 , 1897 , I extended the reduced tariff rates provided for in that section to champagne and all other sparkling wines , and pursuant to which the ...
... authority conferred upon the President by the third section of the tariff act of July 24 , 1897 , I extended the reduced tariff rates provided for in that section to champagne and all other sparkling wines , and pursuant to which the ...
Page 7123
... authority to re - form the agreement with China under which the indemnity of 1900 was fixed , by remitting and cancelling the obligation of China for the payment of all that part of the stipulated indemnity which is in excess of the sum ...
... authority to re - form the agreement with China under which the indemnity of 1900 was fixed , by remitting and cancelling the obligation of China for the payment of all that part of the stipulated indemnity which is in excess of the sum ...
Page 7129
... authority . A very recent decision of the Su- preme Court of the United States rendered since this message was written , in the case of Adair v . United States , seemingly of far - reach- ing import and of very serious probable ...
... authority . A very recent decision of the Su- preme Court of the United States rendered since this message was written , in the case of Adair v . United States , seemingly of far - reach- ing import and of very serious probable ...
Page 7130
... authority to estab- lish through routes and joint rates . In order to make this provision effective and in order to promote in times of necessity the proper move- ment of traffic , I think it must also have authority to determine the ...
... authority to estab- lish through routes and joint rates . In order to make this provision effective and in order to promote in times of necessity the proper move- ment of traffic , I think it must also have authority to determine the ...
Page 7131
... authority to estab- lish through routes and joint rates . In order to make this provision effective and in order to promote in times of necessity the proper move- ment of traffic , I think it must also have authority to determine the ...
... authority to estab- lish through routes and joint rates . In order to make this provision effective and in order to promote in times of necessity the proper move- ment of traffic , I think it must also have authority to determine the ...
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Page 7135 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 7136 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
Page 7537 - An Act to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and state government and be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the original states; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and state government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states" approved June twentieth, nineteen hundred and ten, it is hereby provided: Section 1.
Page 7205 - Meyer, of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 7338 - Bureau shall investigate and report * * * upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people...
Page 7171 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by...
Page 7136 - The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that, contrary to the order of human events, they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lust, by the reputation of weakness.
Page 7211 - ... for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 7577 - To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification...
Page 7459 - The convention providing for the settlement of international differences between the United States and Canada, including the apportionment between the two countries of certain of the boundary waters and the appointment of commissioners to adjust certain other questions...