Woodrow Wilson: “Politics in the wider sense has a great deal to do with it.”

A recommendation at this time that suitable legislative action should be taken may appear somewhat premature, but in view of the approaching termination of my administration I have brought this matter to your attention, hoping that…

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.

Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.

Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.