The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-01-28
WILSON REPUDIATES
SPECIAL INTERESTS
continued from, First Page.
at 40 Wall St.

understand ihe interests OF q great com
mnnl'y
The tncorr that the men Of bigccs. affairs
. whose ti"li "t operation is tlic widest. are
! tile proper m.:l ~ advise tho Government
-. am wiling TO admit. rather plausible
theory. " NV tG-lnes- covers tho | ni'eG
states not ONLY. but covers the world u H. 10
bc presumed that have "A pretty wide scope
~ my VISION uf business But tie flaw i,
that t. i INV own business that hav. a
vision of anl not Me business Of the rien
who lie outside Ol the scope OF tn. plan
, have made for profit OIL, q; the partIcu-
lar Transactions am CONNECTED with.
Hv thought about both Mr.. Tat and
VIZ Eoue.vcit II that OF entire re-p-cJ. ma,
these gentlemen have been 50 intimat.n
associated With the powers that have been
determining the policy OF this GosernInen,
Tor almost a generation that they cannot
luuh at "a" aNal'- oi the county with tac
view OF a new age and Of u changed SCI Of
circumstances. Some of the mcn Mo
have exercised this control are cxcs!!r,. ,
iello"s, they really believe that Tia. pros.
pertr oi the country depends upon th.u.
They are honest men. they have jus, A.
much right to express their view. as have
To express mine or YOU to express YOURS
nut IL IL Just about time that we examined
their views and determined their validity.
~ matter o. fact their thought does not
cover the processes Of their own undertak-
ing, \, university president ] learned
thal the men Who dominate or nianu!actur.
nS processes could not conduct their bu,i-
ness FOR ortwcnty-fourhoIrs without the assist
ance "i the experts with whom the univer.
stiles are supply yinG them. Modern industry
depends upon technical knowledge; and all
'ha' 'hes" gentlemen do is TO manage the
external features OF great comb,natio and
thell ilnan"iai operation, which have very
Htile To do with the intimate skill With which
the enterprises are conducted know that
men not ca'alogucd in the public prints.
men not spoken oi IN public discussion, are
the very bone and sinew OF the industry
OF the United State-
DO our masters OF industry speak iu the
>pr't ana iiter,st even OF those whom they
"nnioyf When men ask me what think
about a." labor question and isborins men
''"i That a!n being asked what know
about Tie vast majority oi tho people, and
leel as II were h.iny asked to separate
iuN,"!i. ~ b-loIaung TO u particular class.
IRON ihal great body o! my i.iiow citizens
Who sustain and conduct the enterprisss
of IN" country. lntii va get away from
mat ro'nt ~ view u will be impossible 10
have tree government;
The idea of th" President, Ne hay, r,
Gently Mad has hoen tha, they were Prc,i-
dents OF national board Of trustees That
l, not my IDEA, have bean president of
one board OF trustees, and | do not caro- 70
ha'" another on my hands want 10 Ina
president OF the people oi the United States
There "as many n time when I was Dres,-
dent OF the board of trustees Of a uniyers,ry
whan the undergraduate, kuaw NOR. th,r
the trustees did; and IL has been In nv
Thought over since thot, II 7 could hay,
dealt directly with tho people who con,ti-
'Wied PriDreton Univsrsi.y. I could have
carried II forward much faster than could
dealing Win 3 board OF tr,istaes
do not mean anything d-magogir, / DO
not mean to talk a. II We wanted 4 great
inn~- q! ns'p to rush IN and destroy eomo.
thnI That - not the idea. I want tn.
people to come in and take Possession Of
thr,r oHn premises, for ! hold that Tho