Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-13
MONOPOLY MUST
co, SAYS WILSON
President Elect Asks Aid Of
Business Men in Killing It
Without Duress.
Els AUDIENCE IS SILENT
Representatives Of Big Industries Hear
Address Before Chicago Com
mercisl Club.

Chicago. Jan. Woodrow Wilson
Saturday night locked representatives
o. several billion dollars in the eye,
told them that monopoly would be
squeezed entirely ont OF business. and
thoy must govern their business con
duct as though administering their az
fairs for others, doing it either volun-
tarily or under duress, as they made it
necessary or possible, and then asked
them why they didn't cheer the idea,
as the climax OF his visit to Chicago
Saturday.
Two features stood out, whether sig
nifcant or not the future will indicate,
at the banquet given in Mr.. Wilson's
honor at the Blackstone hotel Saturday
night by the Commercial club of Chi
cago. They were the great number OF
men high in financial, general bust
ness and railroad circles who had gath
cred 10 hear the speech he had declin-
ed TO send out in advance; and the alb
solute lack Of any attempt on the part
OF the coming president to soften the
rigor Of his announcement to them that
under his administration business must
be conducted ION the level"
big BUSINESS" PRESENT.
Oficers. directors and stockholders
Of the International Harvester COM
pany, the Standard Oil company, the
American Tobacco company. the reput-
ed western agents OF those financiers
in the east who have been designated
popularity as composing the money
trust" heads OF railroads whose for
tunes will rise or fall with the attitude
OF Mr.. Wilson's administration, heads
Of the big packing Industries recently
held not guilty Of monopoly. owners Of
stocks in the so-called lumber trust and
salt trust-these men gathered IN the
Blackstone 70 hear Governor Wilson
tell them first hand, what President
Wilson would work for.
They sat silent, listening intently as
he spoke. applauding generously at the
generalisms of the speakers discourse.
They remained silent as he talked
straight from the shoulder TO them and
left them wondering whether he was
pronouncing sentence or promise
The presldent-elect said:
MIR. President. Ladies and Gentle
men: ] look back with the greatest
pleasure upon the frequent occasions
when ! have dined with this club In
deed, ! dare say ! have experienced
more pleasure on former occasions
than ! am experiencing now, because
II is more pleasant TO tell men what
they ought 20 do when none OF the
burden falls upon you than 70 tell
tfCm what ought 90 be done when SO
much OF the burden is likely TO cen
ter upon yourself
Il remember the first visit that ]
paid 70 this club as guest OF one OF
your members. but not as a speaker
You were addressed by certain War
ner Miller. ~ one time a senator oil
the state OF New York, on the theI
proposed enterprise OF cutting a cana
through the isthmus on the Nicarag
uan route by private capital.
PROCESSES OF FIAI-TERY."
And remember that he had spread
behind him a map that was most in
geniously cortriyed to show that al
routes OF trade ran through Chicago
T. was not n map merely ~ the United
States II vas a map OF the world. auC
reflected even In those imm2tur,
years how subtitle the human mind Il
and how apt II is 10 the processes O
fgttery
But ] also noticed that you Listened
with respect Sut not with Crcdulity. &c
cause ! uevCr heard that his enter
prise was ~ ali set forward by an,
material assistance from Chicago
There were many gentlemen then, a
there are now. in the company VIII
vsro accustomed % the routes OF trad
tn America and knew where they rar
i have rCou reject ne as ] sat her
tonight thar 1t would be futile for m
60 pretend the chief routes OF though
IAN through Chicago, but ! want to ii
Guce YOU. ~ ! MAJ, 20 travel, or pei
h-ps I should say 10 forecast some c
the routes o. thought which must h
Travelled IN this country II We are {
settle the problems that are now !mm'
d'uteiy confronting us
PURPOSE To Ask FOR COUNSEL.
But I am not hero 20 tell you Il
night what J AIN goiuE 20 do. ] am nc
here 90 speak Of the Responsibilities
which yilI fan upon me. ] tell 20
frarbIy that IL permitted my though
e. dwell on the responsibilities whic