Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-19
WILSON SEEKING
PUBLIC SUPPORT
Asks Approval of Democratic
Administration at Novem-
Der Election.
PRAISE FOR NEW LAWS
Letter to Underwood Endorses Major
ity Members of House for
Achievements

/ Washington. ID. c., Oct 19-Presi-
dent Wilson has taken his case directly
/ to the American people for approval
at the November polls.
/ He has made public letter to Oscar
w. Underwood, majority leader of the
house. that is a call upon the electorate
/ of the United States to return a con-
gress that will be in thorough accord
and sympathy with the administration.
! In his communication Mr.. Wilson re-
views the achievements of the present
regime. He outlines the constructive
work cut out for the next session of
congress and declares the democratic
party is now in fact the only instru-
ment ready to the country's hand by
which anything can be accomplished"
Endorsement for Democrats.
! The president wrote the letter as a
blanket Endorsement of all democratic
members of congress. He said it was
/ in lieu of speeches he would like to
make in every congressional district.
No state or contest was given particu-
! lar mention, the letter being a general
call for the sustained support of the
| Democratic administration.
| As TO the outcome at the polls, the
president expressed his complete con-
| fidence that the voters will uphold
/ him by making the "off year" of 1914 a
democratic year.
Every thoughtful man." he writes.
sees that a change of parties made
I just now will set the clock back, not
/ forward"
! In discussing the achievements of
/ the administration the President says
/ that the program has had one single
purpose-''to destroy private control
and set business free"
Pth of Wilson's Letter.
He takes up the chief acts and illum-
! mates them with epigram. His review
OF the administrations performances
| in essence is a digest of the theories
and reforms eXpounded in The New
Freedom" Here are some of the
phrases with which he sets OFF the pro-
gram for the restoration OF competi-
ton"
TARIFF REFORM-It ''cut away the
Jungle in which secret agencies had so
long lurked." The soil in which com
binations had grown was removed lest
some of the seeds of monopoly might
he found to remain"
INCOME TAX-'Revenue lost by
the import duties was replaced by an
income tax which in part shifted the
burden of taxation from the shoulders
of the consumer in the country. great /
or small. 70 shoulders more certainly I
able to bear it."
ANTITRUST BILLS-"KilIs monop- (
oily in the seed. Men in small way OF 4!
business are to he made as free 10 sue .
coed a. men in a big way of business. /
Monopoly is 10 be cut off at the roots" /
CURRENCY ACT-It created a /
democracy of credit" Credit is at the /
disposal of every man who can show 4
energy and assets"
Would Reject Monopoly.
The great particular point of princi- |
pie on which tine democratic party diff /
fers from its opponents is defined by ,
the president:
We should say no doubt that it was /
this: That We should have no dealings |
with monopoly. but reject it altogeth- |
er; while our opponents were ready to .
adopt il into realm of Law. and seek {
merely to regulate and moderate it in /
its operation 1t is our purpose to de- .
stroy monopoly and maintain competi- [
ton. as the only effectual instrument !
of business liberty
Dwelling upon the program for the
next congress, the president speaks of /
legislation for merchant marine and /
for the conservation of natural re
sources and the development of the
water power.
without a congress in close sympa-
thy with the administration" he de
clares, "a whole scheme of peace and
honor and disinterested service to the
world cannot be brought TO its full real
ization."
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