Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-01-30
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PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE
The most frsssgsssnt public event 81
shs week i'm Washington Was Prasa-
dent W'sssoa's message to congress of
January 2eta outlining his program
Vt the promised TRUST legislation The
anessags waS received with great ga
tasasigsn by shs dss5ncrass. The prp~
grasssse view ct the presidents pro
positions was admirably expressed by
T5caor Mwraoek i'm the hnzse of rep
eessntatSves, Hn the following ls4aIs-
'nasat. ".~
TIE plan proposed by tine president
tor soGaataodn of tine ts1ass sv6a is I'm
adsqgats. Like all Inadequate pgamS
Il Will render the trust evil rnore
Acute, 1t will not remedy. For
twenty-five years we have been All
lacking the form OF v5csoEs combine
lions, mot their substance We spent
(, quarter of q century haiaSng the
Standard OH company before the
COURT OF hast resort And fa tine emf
ae changed nothing but tine form CT
the trust We did not change 1T I'm
tact at ALI Ut Will DO no good 10 eoa
saaus this attack g,gOa tine form OF
sisfngR. The president liz we'll sntsl
ssoNed, but go long as there are Feae-
fsonary forces IN his party he cannot
get results i'm tfEs problem The three
tTnst bills which introduced 6or the
progressive party have NO compromise
with the reactS0naries. Only q new
sarty, free from the embarrassment OF
Esaetso1ary elements. they woaIa 10
me business. Until that time we viii
daoatsaue TO 5onsasssrr'
Vastly more significant than any
II the democratic OF republican praise
of tine message was the uaasaSnaCns and
heartfelt saout of praise and thanks
giving that went u2 from Wall stree,
The momsat that big business recesr-
I'D tire message it Recognized that a
asst it had got what it had wanted &c
long. Business OF the tsock exchange
sas practically suspended while ths
brokers gathered around the ticker
aG9 followed the reassEEsng deesarz
lions of the president, word by saorss
she market reports say that there Ess
q general advance after Pessasn;
as'fss0n's v5sws gere kaowns The,
peak OF q sstTpags- seasT In H EHit
aaass there ss aaasEiacas agree
10 the ezffaes OF tie HSgssgge
ss yrorE gss,s III saEs
.sss-sEs ssae GGnznesas Il ssarsc
~ fssssatg gzs general satisfaction eve
ire message. which was regarded a:
marking a new era I'm the relation
between the government = and LII
9'asiness- Many prominent Gnanc5es7
&ss0wed great satisfaction"
The following are extracts from tn
Worlds interviews with Wall stree
saen about the Message.
George J. Gould: = feel encouras
ed, Ny attitude Eoz a long time he
s,een one OF extreme conservatism
The sentiment is n.ore cheerful and
fegieTe that business VIE be bette:
do not think that the abolition OF e
tsr1ockiag directories will prove s
troublesome Or disturbing to the co
s,oTatsons .ss has been feared IN som
circles"
Daniel G. Fed. head OF the Roc
island ssudseste: Very reassursng
Hartman e Co: THE zaessae
contains nothing that should ssaEa
the investor. no legislation radics
enough 10 5ninEe business is sni
zested.' 1922
John T, Keane, head cf the gtoc
exchange arn Of gesne, Zayas
ssosts: The message undonDted
Ecreshado8S new era OF prospect,
rftn a clearer and better understaD
ing Of Eae laws about which there hz
been so much lcu5t and confusion,
William G. VanAntwerp. governs
-cs the stock exchange and author
me authoritative defense of Wa
street and the stock exchange
call the message constructive state
snangjas7 and. likewise, construct
-GoT2a1ty- II mad a son just eDte
tsr1ng upon business career und
ing upon new standards ! should
happy "
Henry. CewS: THE temperate al
Gone5iisary tone Of the message
commemorate. There is nothing DR.:
tic in it, think that after the {
aesment Of the new trust legssIsts
epregiden1 Wi'scn may }weN be CT
!. ssnt with the achievements Of
. Sarty and administration and Il
the country at large VIII then fss
earned a veil needed rest tfoy a til
IT least from any further reform
tive and corrective Legislation
b. James Speyerc u have not had
opportunity TO read the message y
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