Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
ANTAGONIST BETWEEN
BUSINESS AND NATION
OVER, SAYS president

cleared suddenly and very happily
atte~ the much debated act was
! passed, in respect to the uonopolies
which have multiplied about us and
in regard TO the various means by
| which they have been organized and
maintained it SENS to be coming TO
a clear and all but universal agree
ment in anticipation Of our action, IA
If by the way Of preparation, making
the way easier TO see and easier 10
set out upon with confidence and
without confusion OF counsel
Fair Legislation Made Easier.
Legislation has It's atmosphere like
everything else and the atmosphere of
accommodation and mutual under
standing which We now breathe with
SO much refrcshmcnt is matter of
sincere congratulation. It ought to
make our task very much less diff
ficult and embarrass than il would
have been had We been obliged to
continue 10 act amidst the atmos-
phere Of suspicion and antagonisn
which has so long made II impossible
to approach ouch questions with dis
pa sslcuate fairness, Constructive
legislation when successful, Is always
the embodiment Of convincing expe-
Renee and Of mature public opinion
which finally springs out of that eX-
perience
Legislation IL business OF inter
probation. not OF origination: and It
Is now plain what the opinion Is TO
which we must give effect in this
matter. II is not recent or hasty
opinion II springs out OF the expe-
rienCe % a whole generation. 1t has
clarified itself by long contest, and
those who for long time battled
with IT and sought to change 1t are
now frankly and honorably Yielding
TO It and seeking TO conform their
actions to It.
Ways to Liberty Are Ways to Peace.
The great business men who or
gained and financed monopoly and
those who administered II in actual
everyday transactions have year after
year, until now, either denied its ex-
istence or justified it as necessary
for the effective maintenance and de-
velopment Of the vast business pro-
cesses of the country in the modern
circumstances of trade and manufac-
ture and finance, but all the while
opinion has made head against them.
The average business man is con-
WINGED that the ways OF liberty are
also the ways Of peace and the ways
of success as we'll, and at last the
masters of business on the great scale
have begun to Yield their preference
and purpose, perhaps their judgment
also. in honorable surrender
What we are purposing to do,
therefore, is happily not to hamper or
interfere with business as enlightened
business men prefer to do It. or in any
sense to put II under the ban. The
antagonism between business and
government is over. We are now
about to give expression to the best
business judgment Of America. to
what we know TO he the business con-
science and honor Of the land The
Government and business men are
ready TO meet each other halfway In
a common effort to square business
methods with both public opinion and
the law.
Best Men Condemn Monopoly.
THE best Informed men Of the bust
ness world condemn the methods and
processes and consequences of mo-
nopoly as We condemn them. and the
instructive judgment of the vast ma
tority OF business men everywhere
goes with them We shall now he
their spokesman, That is the strength
Of our position and the sure prophe-
cy Of what will ensue when our rea-
sonable work is done.
when serious contest ends. when
men unite In opinion and purpose,
those who are TO change their WAYS
of business joining with those who
ask for the change, II Is possible to
effect # I'm the way IN which prudent
and thoughtful and patriotic men