The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-02
LIBERTY is WANTED,
NOT PHILANTHROPY
People OF This Country Should
Not Submit to Rule
Of Trusts.
WILSON DEFlES THEIR POWER
Attitude Of President as Seen in
Article Written for Current
Magazine.
Especial to The Times-pispatch.l

New York, April President Wood
row Wilson makes declaration of
his attitude toward monopolies and in
dicates what is believed by many to
be the course the administration will
pursue to secure a possible remedy for
this condition by the terse but specific
statement: I'VE purpose TO prevent
private monopoly by law" in his fourth
article on The New Freedom" which
appears in the current issue OF World q
Work
The article subheaded "Benevo1ence
OF Justice" says Colonel Roosevelt at
tempted TO effect benevolent partner
ship between big business and the gov
ernnent.
The President declares that under
such partnership the result upon the
people would depend entirely upon the
benevolence of the contracting parties,
whereas the people want justice not
philanthropy
"Benevolence never developed man
or a nation" he says. I'VE do not want
a benevolent government. we want a
free and just government"
His Platform Tolerant.
President Wilson deals at length
with the Roosevelt. or third party pro-
gram. regarding the regulation OF
trusts. as outlined in the platform Of
that party in the last presidential cleo
tion. The President says in part:
The new party platform legaliZes
monopolies. You cannot use monop-
olies to serve a free people. The
Roosevelt platform is very long. but
very tolerant. The Roosevelt doctrine
admits that monopoly is inevitable
II absolutely protest being put into
the hands OF trustees. ! do not want
to live under n philanthropy. Shall
we try 10 get the grip OF monopoly
away from our lives. or shall we not? %"
The phrase. THE national admins
tration having for sixteen years been
virtually under the regulation of the
trusts" indicates clearly the Presidents $
ideas about the administrations OF his
two predecessors. The article, in part
is as follows:
Our purpose is restoration of
freedom. We purpose to prevent pri-
vate monopoly by law. TO SEQ to it that
the methods by whicn monopolies have.
been built up are legally made impos-
sible. We design that the limitations
on private enterprise shall be removed,
so that the next generation OF young
sters as they come along will not have
to become proteGes of benevolent
trusts, but will be free to go about
making their own lives what they will.
so that we shall taste again the full
cup. not of charity, but OF liberty. the
only wine that ever refreshed and re-
newed the spirit OF people.
Mr.. Roosevelt's conception of gov
ernment is Mr.. Taft's conception. that
the presidency of the United States is
the presidency of board OF directors.
am willing to admit that IL the peo-
pie of the United States cannot get
Justice for themselves then 1t is high
time that they should join the third
party and get it from somebody else.
The Justice proposed is very beautiful;
1t is very attractive: there arc planks
in that platform which stir all the
sympnthies of the heart; they propose
things that we all want to do. But
the question Is who is going to dc,
tnem? Through whose Instrumental
ity? Are Americans ready TO ask the
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