We have year after year debated, without end or conclusion, the best policy to pursue with regard to the use of the ores and forests and water powers of our national domain in the rich States of the West, when we should have acted; and they are still locked up.
Wilson reflects on the indecision regarding the use of national resources in the West.
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I herewith call your attention to an agreement with Belgium made by the British and French Premiers and myself.
Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.
Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.
The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop.
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