Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-01-17
ST|RS BUSINESS MEN
GOVERNOR wills APPEALS AND
WARNS IN COMMERCIAL
CLUB sPEEcH.
SAYS MONOPOLY MUST END
Declares Public Good Must Be Put
Above Private Aggrandizement--
Uses Plain Words Regarding Re-
cent Money Trust Revelations.

Trenton, N. j.. Jan. 14.--Arriving in
Trenton Monday morning from Chi
cago Governor Wilson was the guest
at the banquet at the Hotel Sterling
rendered to him by the presidential
electors. members Of the New Jersey
legislature, members of the state COM
mite and others.
Chicago, Jan. 14.-Speaking at a
banquet given by the Commercial
club of Chicago Saturday night, Wood
row Wilson, the president-elect, de-
livered an earnest appeal and warn
ing to the business men Of the coun-
try.
To the three hundred bankers. mer-
chants, lawyers, railroad men and OPP
Grating officials of public utilities who
filed the Blackstone dining-room, Mr..
Wilson spoke in an ordinary CONVEX
sational tone.
There was not a man present who
did not at some time feel that Gov
ernor Wilson's remarks hit him per
sonally They applauded frequently
and at the right periods with one no
table exception. That was when the
presideut-elect declared that monop-
oily must end. He halted for a mo-
ment and then with a whimsical smile
remarked:
L see you do not applaud that"
A scattering salvo of handclapping
started. but 1t was not strong enough
to drown Mr. Wilson'S:
Il am disappointed
The business men of the county
were told bluntly that the peaceabIe
success of the new administration de-
pended on their cooperation, and that
without 1t the president would fight
for victory, They also were told
that no man who did not put the pub
lie good above private aggrandize-
ment-be he politician, merchant. or
personal friend-could have influence
with or part In the administration.
-Four lines of Mr.. Wilson's coming
endeavor were set forth. They may
be summarized as follows:
The country must husband and adj
minister, not exploit, it's common re-
sources for the common welfare. with
the idea of conservation--not reser-
walton.
The raw material Of the country
must be at the disposal of every one
on equal terms, the government not
determining the terms, but guarantee
ing against discrimination.
Credit must be at the disposal of
all on equal terms. In no other wap
can dangerous class prejudice be re-
moved. The bankers must see 1t is
done
Every feature of monopoly must be
removed
Governor Wilson spoke with the ut
most frankness about the recent rev.
Citations regarding the money
trust
Il am not indicting the banking
Methods he said. "The banking sys-
tenn does not need to be indicted. II
Is already indicted. / have reason to
believe from things which have been
said under oath that there are inner
and outer circles of credit, regions OF
chilly exclusion. and regions of warm
inclusion. This must be changed.
Some of the men who run the game
attend to run it fairly, of course. But
the country is not going to grow rich
by the efforts of those who are in
now but by those who are out now
Mr. Wilson urged that all prejudice
cease He specified sectional preju-
dice and showed a hope that his cleo
ton. that of man of southern birth.
would show that the southerner is not
OF different breed from the northern
er And then he pleaded for the eff
forts of the business men to dissolve
the class prejudice.