Woodrow Wilson: “The Government of the United States does not in the least relinquish the deep interest which it feels in the political…”

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

The soundness of the principle embodied in Section io seems generally to be admitted.

I think, therefore, that the bill should not become law and that the tract should be made a Federal bird reservation for the protection of the birds which now frequent the lands.

I am not convinced that the method proposed is wise, that the benefits, if any, would offset the evils which would result, or that the same or larger advantages cannot be secured without resort to Government intervention.