Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-01-17
ST|RS BUSINESS men
GOVERNOR WILSON APPEALS AND
WARNS IN COMMERCIAL
CLUB SPEECH.
SAYS MONOPOLY MUST END
Declares Public Good Must Be Put
Above Private Aggrandizement--
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 COM
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 a warn
ing to the business men of the coun-
try.
To the three hundred bankers, mer-
chants. lawyers, railroad men and OPP
Grating officials of public utilities who
filed the Blackstone dining-room, Mr..
Wilson spoke in an ordinary CONVEX
sationaI 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 one no
table exception. That was when the
president-elect declared that monop-
oily must end. He halted for a mo-
ment and then with whimsical smile
remarked:
Il see you do not applaud that"
A scattering salvo OF handclapping
started, but it was not strong enough
to drown Mr. Wilson'S:
81 am disappointed"
The business men of the country
we're told bluntly that the peaceable
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 conseryation-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
Tn al
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-
TEN does not need to be indicted. It
is already indicted. 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 man of southern birth,
would show that the southerner 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