OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Volume VIII Madison, Wisconsin, February, 1918 Number 6 
WHY AMERICA ENTERED WAR 
entered this war because violations of right had oc- 
curred which touched us to the quick and made the 
life of our own people impossible unless they were cor- 
rected and the world secured once for all against their re- 
currence. What we demand in this war, therefore, is noth- 
ing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be made fit 
and safe to live in; and particularly that it be made safe 
for every peace-loving nation which, like our own, wishes 
to live its own life, determine its own institutions, be as- 
sured of justice and fair dealing by the other people of the 
world against force and selfish aggression. All the peoples 
of the world are in effect partners in this interest and for 
our own part we see very clearly that unless justice be 
done to others, it will not be done to us. 
From President Wilson’s Address, January 8, 1918. 
