Woodrow Wilson: “We shall redeem the pledge.”

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

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.

One does not pay a compliment to the American farmer who attempts to alarm him by dangers from foreign competition.