Woodrow Wilson: “the Canal is completed, and is open for commerce”

I am not convinced that the method proposed is wise, that the benefits, if any, would offset the evils which would result, or that the same or larger advantages cannot be secured without resort to Government intervention.

The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop.

The said United States Fuel Administration is hereby authorized to procure information in reference to the business of coal and coke producers and distributors in the manner provided for in Sections 6 and 9 of the Act of Congress approved…

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