Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-21
.ST|RS BUSINESS MEN
GOVERNOR WILSON APPEALS ANE
WARNS IN COMMERCIAL
CLUB SPEECH.
SAYS MONOPOLY MUST END
Declares Public Good Must Be Put
Above Private Aegrandizement-.
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 CON-
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 cour-
try.
To the three hundred bankers, meI.
chants, lawyers, railroad men and OF
Grating officials of public utilities who
filled the Blackstone dining-room. Mr..
Wilson spoke in an ordinary CONVEX,
sational tone
There was not 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
president-elect declared that monop
oily must end. He halted for mo-
ment and then with a whimsical smile
remarked:
i see you do not applaud that"
A scattering salvo of handclapping
started, but it was not strong enough
to drown Mr. Wilson'S:
Il am disappointed"
The business men of the country
were told bluntly that the peaceable
success of the new administration de-
pended on their cooperation, and that
without it 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 ad.
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 way
can dangerous class prejudice be re-
moved. The bankers must see it 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. IT
is already indicted. I 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 hope that his cleo.
ton, that of a man of southern birth
would show that the sodtherner 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