Woodrow Wilson: “The Government of the United States is Hot going to be imposed upon by anybody.”

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…

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

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

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.