01/28/1916
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"The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop."
"We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law."
"Clearly, this is no time for the erection here of high trade barriers."
"One does not pay a compliment to the American farmer who attempts to alarm him by dangers from foreign competition."