Evening star., 1907-11-17
Notable Speeches at CIeve-
land Commerce Dinner.
GOV. GUILD A GUEST
Ambassador Bryce on Tasks of Our
Time"
NO CORPORATE MMoRALITY
President Woodrow Wilson Says It
All Reverts to q Question Of
Personal Responsibility.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. November 16.-
Ambassador James Bryce of Great Brit
ain, Gov Curtis Guild. jr., of Massachu-
setts and President Woodrow Wilson OF
Princeton University were the guests OF
honor and the principal speakers at the
ffth-eighth annual dinner Of the Cleye-
land Chamber of Commerce tonight. A
reception in honor of the distinguished
visitors was held In the chambers library
previous to the dinner.
Ambassador Bryce discussed the prob
lem of the Improvement of man and how
to increase his power over nature, in his
address on Some of the Tasks of Our
Time" Mr.. Bryce spoke in part as fol-
lows:
I'm this generation we are all busy. No
where are men SO necessarily busy as in
your country. Nowhere are they so much
occupied in looking forward and In press
Ing forward. We live in the midst Of
whirring machinery. There are great
things that are awaiting to be done. and
1t is about these that 1 wish to talk.
Glass Prejudice.
There are two facts which every age
and every country has had and will always
have to face: the one to increase man 8
power over nature, the other to improve
| man himself. Each age has its own spe-
cial achievements to work for. will men,
ton only four. They are: The adjust
ment of the relations between social
classes. the improvement Of education, the
refinements of life and how individual
men may best combine their efforts SO as
to secure these and other desirable OBJ
jects.
The question follows: What can we
do to obtain them?
"As respects the sense Of opposition be-
tween classes. discontent is to be expect
ed. We should meet all just claims Of
labor. 1t Is the duty of the rich to help
the poor and make life easier for them.
The intimate interests of all classes are
the same We should respect the law
and enforce 1t faithfully. 1t Is the poor
who most need the protection of the
law.
America has led the way In making
the amplest provision for the education of
children"
Gov. Guild addressed himself to the
| evils of socialism and political corruption
in his talk upon The Essentials Of Good
Citizenship"
President Wilson's Address
Speaking on 'The Ideals Of Public Life"
President Wilson scorned dishonest and
unlawful business combinations and con-
demned governmental supervision Of in
dustrial enterprises. He pleaded for an
Encouragement Of the conception of public
life and said no man in a free country
governed by opinion can afford to be a
wholly private man. 1t Is his duty to
enter into public counsel. and in proper
tion as he enters into public counsel he
enters into public life. What the coun-
anything else he said. is disinterested
advice and a clearing of counsel Our
chief political difficulties In the field of
modern business combinations and only
those who really understand the method
and motives of these combinations. can
give the public advice which it would
be worth its while to follow.
Seeking Strange Remedies.
"Our present tendency is to go almost
feverishly in search Of strange expert
entail processes by which to check the thing
Of which we are afraid. and we are apt in
such search to lose the very thing for
which we have been distinguished: name
ly. our clear grasp of principles, our
confidence in the operation of individual
freedom our faith in men rather than
in government"
DR.. Wilson spoke Of the great need for
public men who are independent OF party
action AMI taking UP government super
vision Of corporations. said:
I'VE find many things done under
forms Of corporate organization which are
! clearly against the public welfare. as
well as against all principles Of private
morality and SO We strike at corpora
tions, and striking at corporations. en-
barrass the business Of the country.
There is no such thing as corporate mo-
ralhy or corporate integrity Or corporate
responsibility. Every transact that Is
against the public welfare Of right prin-
ciple can be traced II we will but take
the pains to trace 1t. to some individual
or body of individuals who are respon-
sible for 1t. and those individuals should
be punished without fear or favor, with
out checking the courses Of the country 8
business"