Woodrow Wilson: “If there ever was a time when America had anything to fear from foreign competition, that time has passed.”

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.

Clearly, this is no time for the erection here of high trade barriers.

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.