Woodrow Wilson: “The world did not realize in 1914 that it had come to the final grapple of principle.”

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

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

The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop.

A recommendation at this time that suitable legislative action should be taken may appear somewhat premature, but in view of the approaching termination of my administration I have brought this matter to your attention, hoping that…