New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-23
CALLS DEMOCRATS
POLITICAL CUBISTS
Vanderlip Says Laws Are
Startling as Nude De-
scending Stairs.
PLANS A WAR ON
FALSE STATEMENTS
BUSINESS Men Name Committee
TO Act with Chambers of
Commerce.

Tho dinner Of the New Jersey State
Chamber of Commerce, held last night
IN the Washington Hotel. Newark, &c
ovganize q non-partisan business mems
movement. attracted an unusual nun
ber of prominent New Jersey men op
nosed TO President Wilson and his all
ministrative programme.
with Frank A. Nanderlip, president
of the National City Bank of New
Work. leading the attack, the admins
tration's opponents had a most enjoy
oblo evening. The Presidents business
legislation was the special target, 'nd
NT Vanderlip, openly defying the Pres,
;dont's. recent charge that business had
oroanized a plot TO defeat the proposed
trust legislation, called on chambers OF
commerce throughout the nation to be
come the present day committees q
correspondence" and unite in the "wol
of creating sound and informed pub
lie opinion
There was an executive meeting be-
fore the dinner and committee was
amounted. one member from each Con-
rressjonal District and one from the
State at large, TO spread the new gos'
pei -,
This committee is composed Of NJ
De Courcey, Camden; Harncs Ldppln'
colt Atlantic City; W. p. Runyan
Perth Amboy; Karle Roebling, Trcn'
ION: Robert ID. Foote. Morristown
DWIGHT W. Morrow, Englewood; Will
;am Barbour, Paterson; Richard '
Ijndabury and Anthony K. kuser
Newark: Arthur b. Leach, South
Orange; Thomas J. Maloney and
George T. Smith, Jersey City, and. W
/. Saunders, North Plaintield, member
at-large. -.
United States Senate "as that once
greatest deliberative body IN the
world" Mentioning that Senator
had recently stated that every step
Of human progress IS the abandon
mcnt or condemnation of that when
went before" he said:
THE man who holds that view, the
political party that legislates IN the
light of that pronOuncement, must De
lieve that what is is bad; that IN
rovelty. in untried experiment. IN ne"
theory and newer practice alone lie
measures of government that VIII Dc
beneficial. SO we have legislative
Iestlessness that Is unparaheIeo' q
scarchingl for novelty that results IN
as startling productions as have been
, reached in Art by cubiSm and tuturism
"To the Hard working business man
whose career has been life dealing
with facts. facts as they arc, some o.
our recent legislative proposals arc no
more intelligent than that famous
composition which bore the tue, n
Nude Descending a Staircase. -,
THE charges brought in our NE
time bv new forms of power are reNo-
lutionary. Even greater are the
changes wrought by corporations. Ley
,,s admit that the direction OF these
now forces has not always been IN the
,nau6s OF men OF great breadth OF Wis,
ION. sometimes not in the hands OF
men of Honesty of purpose: But au'
hitting al this, we should see Ina.
these factt are no warrant 1or giving
unlimited legislative freedom 10 groups
of political cubists and tuturlstS, WIZ
do not comurehend principles, VINO Wi
nv o,,;dod neither bv experience nor by
common sense. 49,,
measures" said Mr.. Vanderlp, VIII
create between business and govern
ment an entirely new relationship,
They are being discussed and In all
nrobabilitv will be passed by a Con
cress large majority OF when Is
against passing them at the preseh'
time. and they will be added to tn,
laws of a nation a large majority 81
whose citizens are not in favor oil such
laws. r..
1T is charged that there is an ehor'
20 manufacture sentiment and 10 nave
that sentiment impressed on Congress
bv chain Of letter writers, and the
cndeavor has been termed conspiracy
know of cases where Democratic
members Of Congress have asked thelf
constituents TO write the freSlGehC "
influence him to permit an ADJOURN
ment. do not regard this as con
spiracy. but rather As an ehort 70 prihge
ont a true reflection Of public opinion.
Mr.. Vanderlip suggested that the
two houses 20 on with full discus
SION. agree on the specific form which
the new statutes are to take and then
without cuacting them, 60 nome aho
oiyc the country three months time
IN which 10 consider them.
The speaker iamented that we seem
20 have no leaders wise enough 70
answer questions regarding the busi'
rcss conditions. so that their con-
,losions will convert those having op-
,.osito views" For himself, ne said
no could only see that the present
nautical current is likely to land the
nation in DISCRIMINATION OF business
and industrial life.
NHJTDNED %MhNhCER'