Woodrow Wilson: “I hope, too, that this conference will serve to expedite your consideration of the treaty of peace.”

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.

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