Woodrow Wilson: “We are accountable at the bar of history and must plead in utter frankness what purpose it is we seek to serve.”

A recommendation at this time that suitable legislative action should be taken may appear somewhat premature, but in view of the approaching termination of my administration I have brought this matter to your attention, hoping that…

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.

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