Woodrow Wilson: “The program was a great one, and it is a matter of deep satisfaction to think of the way in which it has been handled.”

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

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.

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

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.