Woodrow Wilson: “I will only venture to repeat that every element of normal life amongst us depends upon and awaits the ratification of…”

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

I do not believe that they should be accorded indirectly.

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.

I am in full sympathy with every sound proposal to promote foreign trade along sound business lines.