Woodrow Wilson: “America is believed in throughout the world, because she has put spirit before material ambition.”

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

In recommending to you that Congress take appropriate action with regard to this agreement, certain facts should be brought to your attention.

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.

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.