Woodrow Wilson: “Government lives in the origination, not in the defeat, of measures of government.”

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

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

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.

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