Woodrow Wilson: “It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you.”

The price of wheat is a world price; and it is a matter of little moment whether the Canadian wheat goes directly into the markets of the other countries of the world or indirectly through this country.

One does not pay a compliment to the American farmer who attempts to alarm him by dangers from foreign competition.

Three and a half million children are facing starvation in Central Europe.

Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.