Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-30
BUSINESS JUSTICE MEANS
PROSPERITY OF BUSINESS
President Wilson Makes Notable Speech of
His Administration in Support of
His Antitrust LEGISLATION
TO PROLONG AGITATION WOULD PROVE FATAL
Action Will Bring Peace and Security. Air
Has Been Full Of Interrogation
Points for Ten Years.

to year, whether something serious
is going to happen to it or not, and
what in particular is going to hap
pen to it, if anything does. 1t is i'm
possible to forecast the prospects of
any line of business unless you know
what the year is going to bring forth.
Nothing is more unfair, nothing, as
declared bN these men, to be more
harmful than to keep them guessing.
Guessing Went on for Years.
"The guessing went on, the air
was full of interrogation points, for
ten years and more. Then came an
administration which for the first
time had definite program of con-
structive correction; not of destruc.
tive correction, but of constructive
correction of admitted evils-a very
clear program, disclosed so far as
possible in general program, in it's
particulars as we'll as in its general
features. And the administration pro-
ceeded to carry out this program.
Shivered at the Tariff.
First. there was the tariff, and
business shivered. We don't like to
60 in; the water looks cold,' but
when the tariff had been passed 1t
was found that the readjustment was
possible without any serious disturb
ance whatever. Then men said, with
sense Of relief, Well, we are glad
to get that behind us, and it wasn't
bad. after all
Then came the currency reform.
You remember with what resistance,
with what criticism, with what sys.
tematie -hoadings back large body
Of bankers in this country met the
proposals Of that reform. and you
know how, Immediately after the pas.
sage, they recognized its benefit and
its beneficence, and, moreover, since
the passage of that reform bankers
throughout the United States have
been congratulating themselves that
it was possible to carry out this
great reform on sensible and solid
lines.
viii Not Be Postponed.
Then we advanced to the trust
program, and again the same dread
the same hesitation, the same ur
gency, that the thing should be post
poned. 1t will not be postponed; II
will not be postponed because we are
the friends of business. We know
what we are doing; we purpose to dc
it under advice, for we have been
fortunate enough to obtain the ad
vice Of men who understand the bust
ness of the country; and we know
that the effect is going to be exact
ly what the effect of the currency
reform was, a sense of relief and ol
security.
Because when the program is fin
ished it is finished; the interroga
ton points are rubbed off the slate
business is given its constitution o1
freedom and hidden go forward undel
that constitution. And just so soor
as it gets that leave and freedom
there will be a boom of business IL
this country such as we have never
witnessed in the United States.
81, as a friend of business, and {
servant Of the country, would no
dare stop in this program and brint
on another long period of agitation
Agitation longer continued would bt
fatal to the business of this country
and if this program is delayed thert
will come agitation with every lette
in the word a capital letter.
Can't Ask Country to Wait.
"The choice is a sober and sensible
program now completed or month";
upon months of additional CONJECTURE
/ ethu uuA6CAs - AOA OAO, SOuIu AO
ask this country to excuse a polio,
which subjected business to longercol
tinued agitation and uncertainty; and
therefore, l am sure that it is be
ginning to be evident to the who'll
press of this country, and, by tn
same token, to the people, that
constructive program is at last no
only not to be postponed, but CON
pleted, and that when 1t is comple'
ed business can get and will ge
what it can get in no other way
rest, recuperation and successful az
+, justment.
II cannot get rest II you send m
to bed wondering what is going t
happen to me in the morning. Bu