Woodrow Wilson: “The peoples of the world want peace and they want it now, not merely by conquest of arms but by agreement of mind.”

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

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

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.

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