The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-12

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flle Of the citizens OF the United
States have somewhat changed at |
titude toward the business men OF the
country, shall be absolutely done
away with and forgotten.
Perfectly honest, upright, patriotic
men, whom any one OF us could PICK /
out, are at disadvantage now IN
America, because business methods 7,
general are not trusted by the penn'a
taken as whole. That is in3urio;:s 10
you. It Is Injurious to everybody with
whom business deals, and everybody
whom business touches. They do not
believe in the United States-I mean
the rank and file Of cur peopie-that
the men Of every kind are upon an
equality in their access to the re-
Eources OF the country, any more
than they believe that everybody IS
upon equal terms In their access %
the Justice OF the country.
Charging that credits are not ex-
tended on terms Of equality, Governor
Wilson said:
Il want to say that I believe that
some Of the gentlemen who are run
ming the game intend to run 1t fairly,
but there are gentlemen whom they
know and some whom they do NOT
know. There are some whom they
recognize as entitled to come IN. And
the future belongs to the men who are
not yet recognized
eThis country is not going to
grow rich in the future by the efforts
OF the men who have already got IN
It ia going to grow rich by the efforts
OF the men who have not yet got in.
It is a truism to say that 1t Is going
to get rich by the efforts OF future
generations after this generation is
gone. The next generation is now
struggling for foothold and the next
generation finds 1t extremely difficult
to get foothold.
The credit of this country must be
opened upon equal terms and With
equal redress upon the same terms to
everybody. The bankers OF this coun-
try and the men who have the credit
OF this country in their control must
see to that first of all before they can
expect to enjoy the confidence Of the
country and to have the problems
peculiar to them settled without pre-
JUDGE against them
! That certain business men deliher-
ately set up monopolies was charged
| by Governor Wilson when he said;
| "There will be monopoly In this
| country when there are no important
/ business men in this country who In
/ tend to bring it about I know that
there are some gentlemen who did go
about 1t deliberately to set up monop-
oily. know that they intended to do
lit because they did it. and because
/ they did it in a way which inevitably
| led to monopoly; and we know 1t be-
! cause they organized their business,
or rather capitalized it, in such way
that they could not endure COMPETE
ton and had to set up monopoly.
i you can't carry water against
competition
1 Governor Wilson spoke of the part
the north and south played in his
election. SAYING:
4 "The happiest circumstance or my
election is that l am the instrument
of bringing about an end Of the old
feeling that the sontherner was not OF
the same political breed and purpose
with the rest Of American citizens.
would like to hope that there would
be associated with the death of that
prejudice the death of many another
prejudice and particularly of these
prejudices which are getting such
formidable root amongst us as be
tween class and class. as between
those who control the resources Of
, the country and those who use the
resources of the country.
@These prejudices cut deeper thar
I any sectional prejudices could cut
|. They are more fatal by way of OBJ
stacle to the happy solution Of CUES
: tions of dificult policies, and the.
above others should be removed; ant
? they can be removed only In one wa,
: by having no substantial basis IL
9 fact
II know that a business based up
on genuine capital that has not {
! drop of water in 1t can be conduct
with greater efficiency and econom!
than a business that is loaded witt
water And Just SO soon as gentle
men who carry water-some of then
a on both shoulders-are exposed L
the competition of men OF equal wit
s who do not carry water, the thing il
I settled. and am willing to abide b.
u the result.
/ 81 am no: at all interested In SET
ting men up IN business, but ! am in
g terested in leaving the doors open s,
e. that the strong men at least can com
It in and set It UP for themselves.
If Now, gentlemen. we are WITNESSING
it new age. The nation has awakened
e We have asked for and obtained
10 change OF venue. We used to tr
l. every governmental case before Sc
d lected jury and the jury selected wer
! always the same men. Now we ar