It gives voice to the eminently modern democratic feeling that government is no hidden cult, to be left to a few specially prepared individuals, but a common, every-day concern of life, even if the biggest such concern.
Wilson expresses the belief that government should be a common concern for all citizens, not just experts.
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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.
Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.
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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