We look back upon that with regret now, because the subsidies led to many scandals of which we are ashamed; but we know that the railroads had to be built, and if we had it to do over again we should of course build them, but in another way.
Wilson acknowledges past mistakes with railroad subsidies but supports building infrastructure.
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