Woodrow Wilson: “She had built up for herself a real empire of trade and influence, secured by the peace of the world.”

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.

Clearly, this is no time for the erection here of high trade barriers.

If there ever was a time when America had anything to fear from foreign competition, that time has passed.

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