As there are times of sorrow or of peril which try men’s souls and lay bare the inner secrets of their characters, so there are times of revolution which act as fire in burning away all but the basic elements of constitutions.
Wilson compares times of revolution to a fire that reveals the fundamental elements of constitutions.
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Clearly, this is no time for the erection here of high trade barriers.
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.
The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop.
Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.
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