The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-11
Says America Is Destined to
Make a Peaceful Conquest
of World
SAYS SHOULD BE NO
POLITICS In BUSINESS
Chief Executive Very Free and
Happy in Inference in His
Speech Before Columbus
Chamber Of Commerce

Colum BUS. Ohio. Tee i0-Express>
Ing his belief that there would he no
patched-up' peace in Europe; that
in the future the Observation-Disclosures
of justice will he exalted above the
lnstrumentalities Of force; that
America is destined TO make peace
fui conquest of the world, its typi-
cal spirit asserting Itself in :nterna-
tioral affairs. President wilson today
addressed LILO business ard profess
sinnal men and about 400 women. fol-
lowing luncheon ar the Masonic
Temple under the auspices Of the
Cham Der OF Commerce
Business retrospection in the
United States afforded cause for some
dissatisfaction. he said. but he de-
Cleared he looked forward to the fu-
ture with the greatest confidence
So far as the business Of this coan-
;.ry Is concerned he said, there
ought not 10 be any politics
A people not entirely pleased with
their government have an inalienable
right to alter II, The Mexicans /"
President Wilson SAID, may not know
what to do with their government, but
1T is none OF our business. ana so long
as have anything 70 do with Il. no.
( body shall butt n to alter It for
them
Mr.. Wilson was particularly happy
when ne pictured his vision of q
emocracy, thu possibilities OF even
the lowly born to spaak the voice OF
the nation. 10 master It's men and lead
it's ina gtnation. He saw vision OF
Americas future, not as . govern
mental mediator. but as a spiritual
mediator of worldwide influence.
Throughout his address there vas a
( aNrtsrrA~f rafYlrfi SFa
The Presidents speech.
The President said.
r must say that IN looking back
upon the. past there Is something
about the history Of business In this
country which is not wholly satisfac-
tory. 1t is interesting to remember
that in the early years OF the re-
public we felt ourselves more a part
of the general world than we have
felt since then, Down to the war of
i1si2 the seas we're full Of American
ships. American enterprise was
everywhere expressed in America n
commerce when we were little M
ton, and yet now that we arc a great
nation. the seas are almost bare Of
our ships.
II refer to this merely as an evil
ldence Of what take leave 10 cali our
.provinciallsm Moreover. during this
period this very interesting thing hap
pened--that American business men
we're SO interested to he protected
la gainst the competition of other busi-
ness men in other countries that they
proceeded By organization to protect
themselves against each other. and
engaged in the politics Of orsa nixa-
tiegEsFas ti~T .ssr IN. sfr- ssayt essysa wsl3Fs
of enterprise. orra niza lion for the
purpose of preventing success ffll com
petition is not, III moral level any
higher than running politics upon the
basis OF organization rather than
upon the basis of craftsmanship and
achievement Organization is neces-
sary TO politics. and Il Is necessary TO
business. hut the object Of orga riza-
tion ought not ~ ne exclusion IL
ought to he efficiency. ] have son,e-
times heard exhortatiors 70 the ef-
feet that politics ought rot 70 be In
,