But we must reckon our power to continue to do so with a people made up of “minds cast in every mould of race,--minds inheriting every bias of environment, warped by the diverse histories of a score of different nations, warmed or chilled, closed or expanded, by almost every climate on the globe.
Wilson acknowledges the complexity of governing a diverse population with varied backgrounds and experiences, highlighting the need for adaptability.
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We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law.
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.
The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop.
If there ever was a time when America had anything to fear from foreign competition, that time has passed.
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