Woodrow Wilson: “Statesmen must by this time have learned that the opinion of the world is everywhere wide awake and fully comprehends…”

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

Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.

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.

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