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Woodrow Wilson: “Their markets will be taken by others, if they are not in some special way assisted to rebuild their factories and…”

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Their markets will be taken by others, if they are not in some special way assisted to rebuild their factories and replace their lost instruments of manufacture.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson emphasizes the need for assistance to rebuild factories in order to compete in global markets after the war.

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