Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-05-23

M masses OF the People,
DECLARES WOODROW WILSON.
business, Politics and Wealth % shs
Country Como W, Net Down, He
says-AII the People Do Not Believe
In Democratic 0evsrnmsnt.
Dy WOODROW WILSON.
What 6lls me With confidence IN the
future is that the world IL not waiting
upon the stupidity Of politics. The
world has IA awkward way Of taking
things into tts own hands. The life Of
the people must in the long run ex-
press itself IN its politics. and It does
not now express itself in this country
IN the politics We have been accuston,
I'd to In the last decade.
There are two or three theories OF
government in this country. Don't de-
ceive yourself BY supposing all tho
people believe in democratic govern
nent, because they do not. You haye
only to listen to the utterances of
very distinguished Republican speak,
ers to see that they do not believe and
do not pretend to believe in represent.
alive government. They will tell sou
they do not believe the Judgment Of
the people can b trusted. And are
sou going to take counsel from these
gentlemen 40 to the preservation Of
our representative institutions when
they don't want them to represent the
great body Of the people7
Prsfsrs Judgment Of Rank and File.
] don't know whether was born 60
Of learned 30 or what happened to the.
but know this. that the deepest con-
viction;l have. arising out Of obssrva-
ton and experience Is this. that
would rather take the Judgment Of the
rank and DIE than the Judgment Of the
men WHO have become absorbed aud
successful leaders In great undertake.
tngs.
And want to ask these gentlemen
this query: What sustains business In
the United Stutes7 What IL It that
makes the United States prosperous?
Is It that we have great captains ot
industry? What would they do with
out the cunning and skin. the musele
mud the indomitabie aspiring hope IT
tile American people? II these people
were to find hope dying out Of t;trlr
hearts they would become dumb dt,v.
en- bessts. and your enterprises would
s fl, fas iask Of the very hreat" ''"-
IL you want to find whether ma.
ton 10 prosperous ask the men who
are on the make what they hope and
what they fear. go to the country
DISTRICTS and ask anxious fathers who
are looking for openings for their Sous.
whore they expect to get them III.
where they ind doors open and where
they Qnd doors shut Go through the
places where men are making enrii.
ings and zee whether they dread Or
confidently look forward to the future.
and then you will and whether Alneri.
"a = swaxiAG sr waning. for Il these
men are confident. full Of hope; IL they
AoVNf.suGy @tO 8Vsu6 W go AesAs ssS.As-
lnent wherever they 60. then America
can conquer the world Of enterprise Ia
their hope.
But II you ind what you do find
men everywhere asking themselves
whether the doors Of opportunity have
uot been locked in their faces-then
you will have to take q new reckoning
= r., thu f,,.r nj A
IL only these who are chosen at the
top have the right Of way In. what IL
going to happen to America? Did you
ever hear Of nation that was renew
I'd from the top7 Did you ever hear
of q nation that was not made virlle
that did not account for its youth by
renewal from the bottom? Did you
ever hear Of tree that drew Ito sap
from its fowers7 Does it not draw ie
from the darK aud silent places of ths
soill Does not nation draw its pow
.r of renewal and enterprise aud all
Is future from the ranks Of the great
body Of unnamed men7
Friend 81. American Business.
II yon arc going to discourage these
men. II you are going to put the chill
! " fear In their hearts, then American
.aptAins Of industry can whistle for
l heir future, and they will whistle Ia
wilderness
sm tue friend Of American bual-
aess because ! know where its founda-
tlons are laid and where they are
weak. These foundations are solid
,nly when laid In the confidence OF
The common people.
4 Democrat? Why. q man does not
understand history who isn't Demo-
crat man doesn't understand enter.
prise who isn't Democrat And let
me say this. Democracy IL not merely
. matter Of programs: It IL a matter OF
sympathy and insight II depends
':pon whether your heart is in connec-
tion with the great heart of the peO-
lie. It does not depend upon whether
'ou can cunningly devise platform
hat looks Just and good iou can
inih q 1Imsy platform and stand on
| { successfully. provided tts basis is In
he right kind Of spirit.
Il 10 a matter Of seeing, not from,
vonr eyes out. but from the eyes of
'ttler men In. Getting the vision that
in the back Of the other nuns head
the thing: getting the hope that ID
he universal hope: getting that i'm.
,uiae that In the common human iu,-
,ulse, forward This world has been