The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-02-02
PROCLAIMS ERA ri
OF PROSPERITY
CLOSE AT HAND
President Wilson Makes Prediction Be-
fore The American Railway
Association.

Washington, Jan. 30 Another
confident prediction that the country
will enter upon new era o, enter,
prise and prosperity was voiced today
by President Wilson in speech be.
fore the convention of the American
Electric Railway association.
Speaking to business men and thru
them to the world OF business gener-
ally, the President outlined what the
Democratic Congress has tried to ac-
complish through It's trust legislation
and declared that, while a test peri
cd would be required to determine
whether the correct remedy had been
applied, he believed the maze of in
terrogation points" which had check
ed enterprise for twenty years had
been cleared away.
Il feel that the mists and miasmic
airs of suspicion that have filed the
business world have now been blown
away" said the President. l be-
lieve that we have come now into
the era of confidence. Knowing the
elements we have to deal with, we
can deal with them, and with that
confidence OF enterprise. And that
enterprise is going to mean this: No
body is henceforth going to be afraid
of or suspicious of ony business mere
ly because II Is big.
New Business Atmosphere
The era of private business I'm the
sense of business conducted with the
money of the partners-l mean of the
managing partners-is practically
passed, not only In this country but
also everywhere. Therefore, almost
all business has this direct RESPONSE
bility to the public in general. We
owe a constant report to the public,
ing for in order to conduct the bust.
ness itself. Therefore, we have got
to trade not only on our efficiency,
not only on the service that we rem.
der, but on the confidence that we
cultivate. There Is new atmo-
sphere for business. The oxygen
that the lungs of modern business
takes In is the oxygen of the public
confidence and II You have not got
that, your business is essentially par.
alyzed and asphyxiated
Free Field and No Fasors
There have been times-I will
not specify them but there have been
times-when the field looked free,
but when thee were favors received
from the managers OF the course,
when there were advantages given,
inside tracks accorded, pra. tices
which would block the other runner,
rules which would exclude the anna.
teur who wanted to get in. That may
be free field, but there Is favor,
there is Partially, there is prefer.
en- of somebody and while II looks
very well from the grandstand there
are men whom You can find who were
not allowed to get into the track and
test their powers against the other
men who were racing for the honors
of the day.
Nobody Barred From Contest
Il think 1t is a seryiceable figure,
1t means this, that You are not go.
ing to be barred from the contest
because you are big and strong and
you are not going to be penallzed be-
cause you are big and strong, but you
are going to be made to observe the
rules of the track and not get in any
body's way except as you can keep
out of his way by having more vlgor
and skill than he has. 1t has the spir.
it of true sportsmanship that ought
to get into everything, and men who
when they get beaten that way
squeal do not deserve our pity"
The President then enumerated
what he termed "rules Of the game"
heading the list with publicity-'not
doing anything under cover"
Concluding with reference to his
belief in freedom of speech, the
President said:
81 have been subjected to free