Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-01
WILSON IDEA o.
HUMAN LIBERTY

President Elect Gives HE Profession ct
Faith on Big subjset-says Politics
Must BE Made Occupation In Which
Honest Men Can Take satisfaction.
Tells What Freedom censists OF.
Copyright BY Doubleday. Page 4 Co.
One of the strangest chapters In
Woodrow Wilson's new book, THE
New Freedom" IL that on liberty. IL
as follows:
What IL liberty?
! have long had an image in my
mind of what constitutes liberty.
suppose that I we're building great
,iece of powerful machinery. and sup
pose that l should so awkwardly ana
,nsLillfully assemble the parts OF IT
hat every time one part tried to move
L would be interfered with by the 9TH
rs. and the whole thing would buckle
1p and be checked. Liberty for the
several parts would consist in the best
possible assembling and adjustment OF
hem all. would It not? II you want
he great piston of the engine to run
With absolute freedom give il aese-
utely perfect alignment and adjust
nent with the other parts of the ma
chine so that it is free. not because It
S let alone or isolated. but because It
aas been associated most skillfuiIy
md carefully with the other parts OF
The great structure.
What is liberty? Ton say Of the To-
.omotive that IT runs free. What DO
,ou meane You mean that its parts
ire so assembled and adjusted that
friction IS reduced to minimum ana
hat it has perfect adjustment. We
say Of u boat skimmins the water with
light foot BOW free she runs" when
We mean how perfectly she Is adjust
I'd to the force Of the wind. how per-
'ectIy she obeys the great breath out
,f the heavens that Oils her sails
Throw her head up into the wind and
see how she will halt and stagger. how
every sheet will SILVER and her whole
frame be shaken. how instantly she -
in irons" In the expressive phrase OF
The sea. She Is free only when you
have LET her fall OF again and have re-
covered once more her nice adjustment
TO the forces she must obey and can
oot defy.
Human Freedom.
Human freedom consists in perfect
adjustments OF human interests and
human activities and human energies.
We have got to make politics thing
in which an honest man can take his
part with satisfaction. because be
knows that his opinion will count as
much as the next mans and that the
boss and the interests have been de-
.hroned. Business We have got to I'M
.rammel. abolishing tariff favors and
railroad Discrimination and credit de-
malls and all forms Of unjust handi-
caps against the little man. Industry
we have got to humanize. not through
the trusts. but through the direct &C.
ton Of law guaranteeing protection
against dangers and compensation for
injuries. guaranteeing sanitary condt-
lions. proper hours. the right to organ
ize. and all the other things which the
conscience Of the country demands az
the workman's right. We have got to
cheer and inspint our people with the
sure prospects of social justice and
due reward. with the vision Of the
open gates Of opportunity for all. We
have got to set the energy and the mi.
tiative Of this great people absolutely
free. 30 that the future of America
will be greater than the past. 30 that
the pride Of America will grow with
achievement. SO that America will
know as she advances from generation
to generation that each brood Of heE
sons is greater and more enlightened
than that which preceded 1t. know
that she IL fulfilling the promise that
she has made to mankind.
Purpose Of Democracy.
Such is the vision of some Of us who
now come to assist in its realization
For we Democrats would not have en-
dured this long burden of exile II We
had not seen a vision. We could have
traded; we could have got into the
game; We could have surrendered and
made terms: we could have played the
role of patrons to the men who wanted