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Woodrow Wilson: “Business has already adjusted itself to the new conditions with singular ease and elasticity, because the new conditions…”

On the recordOctober 16, 1914
Business has already adjusted itself to the new conditions with singular ease and elasticity, because the new conditions are in fact more normal than the old.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to Congress Expressing Appreciation for Legislative Work

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