Woodrow Wilson: “I want the great result which I know is at the heart of the people that I am trying to serve.”

We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law.

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 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.

In recommending to you that Congress take appropriate action with regard to this agreement, certain facts should be brought to your attention.