Woodrow Wilson: “We shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts.”

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

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.

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.