Woodrow Wilson: “I believe, my fellow countrymen, that the only people in Europe who instinctively realized what was going to happen and…”

I think, therefore, that the bill should not become law and that the tract should be made a Federal bird reservation for the protection of the birds which now frequent the lands.

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.

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

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.