The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-02
Woodrow Wilson'S Message to the American peosla

Sea Grit, N. j., Oct. le, 1919.
70 the Voters Of Amer ca:
a. gtsd 30 have opportunity to state very
simply and directly shy an seeking I . be elect
cd President OF the United States. feel very
deeply that this is not an ambition a 9an should
entertain for his own sake. he must seek to
serve cause, and mast know very dearly xEatI
cause it is he is seeking to serve,
The cause enl Listed in lies very plain
SO NY view: The Government OF the United
States, as nov bound ny the policies Viii have
become Characteristic OF Republican admin stra-
t1on in recent years, is not free 10 serve tho
whole people iupartially. and it ought 70 Sc set
free. 1t has been tied Up, whether deliberately
or merely by unipt ent iEna1 degsl oprent, with
particular interests, which have used their pox-
or, both to control the government end to con-
troll the industrial development Of the country.
1t must be freed from sucn eatangl en9nts and al
liancea. Until It is freed, IT cannot serve tho
people as a whole. Until It Is freed, Il cannot
undertake any programme OF social a.3 economic
bettermeat, but must be checked end tnSarte3 at
every turn by its patrons and naat org.
In practically every speech that / Esa.so,
put at the front of what have TO say the cues
tion Of the tariff ana tha question OF the trusts
but not because Of any thought Of party strategy.
because believe the solution Of thsse guess
tions to lie at the very heart OF the BIZ Eer
question. whether the government shall be free
or net. Tho government is not FREQ because 1t
has grant ed special favcrs TO part classes
By means q the tariff. The Een 20 when thoso
special casors hava been granted have fcr-ei
great o-4E 4lst Lens by vii oh - control enter
prLso and determine the prices or commodities.
they could not have dono this had il not been fer
tho tar1ff. No party. therefore, which does net
propose to take Away these spseial favora ard
prevent monopoly absolutely in the naTksts OF tho
country sees much as tho 10 st Elementary
part Of the method BY vii On tho government 10
to 10 cot free.
The oontrol to xAta.l tariff losis1atioa has
lea both - he fie1d Of Politics and In the
field 81 business, is what has produced tao most
odt Gus feature or osr present Y. -tical aituo-
tlo., namely. the ais o1ute 6cz Eat&cn o. posaT-
ful bosses. Rosses cnnnot exist E+thopt bu2l-
ness alliances. Witn then politics il hardly
distingui saatle FROM tlalress. Posses raiatata
their control because t.l5g ers allied viii E9l
who aish the IL assistance in or2er TO get con-
tracts. Ia order to obtain special legislative
advant ages, in order 20 prevent Forms which
viii interfere With monopoly or wtth their sr-
ioyasnt OF special exemptions. asrsly as polit-
zeal leaders, not backed by r6ney, not supported
BIZ securely intre1ehed special interests, bo55c3
would 80 entirely manageable ana comparatively
powerless. By freeing the government, there
fore xe at the same inc break the power OF the
boss. Ee trades, he does not govern. he ar
ranges, he does not lead. He sets tho stage for
What the people are to do; he aoss not act as
their agent servant. but as their director.
For him the real business CT politics IL done
under cover.
The same means that sill set the government
free froa the inflnsnces which nes constantly