Woodrow Wilson: “Nothing so seriously interrupts or interferes with the sober and sincere consideration of public questions as a…”

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.

Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.

The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop.

Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.