The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-11
Theme of Wilson's Address Before Business Men of Columbus Is "The States manship of Industry"
BUSINESS INTERESTS
 MUST ORGANIZE TO GET FOREIGN TRADE
Describes Himself as Mili- tant Democrat and Bids Unshackled Interests to Arise and Go Forth to Conquer

Arise and Go Forth to
 Conquer
 Columbus, O., December l0.-presf. dent Wilson today expressed the opin-
 ion that there will be no patched up peace" following the European war. In a comprehensive and forceful ad- dress before the Columbus Chamber of Commerce he urged American busi-
 ness men to mobilize their resources in order that the United States might be prepared to play a more important part in the worlds affairs and bring about justice after the present war. The President spent IS hours in Co., lumbus and was active every minute. His reception was enthusiastic and pleased him greatly. In addition to tho Chamber of Commerce speech he de- livered an address tonight before tho committee on country and church life Of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, shook hands with more than 1000 people at a reception in the rotunda of the state capitol, spoke briefly to a large crowd from
 the steps of the capitol and took a long walk about the streets of Co., lumbus. The entire city and many peo- pie from surrounding towns greeted him.
 In the Chamber of Commerce address the President defended his Mexican pol | iNx~ I l dent nobody should butt in to alter the Mexicans government for them. urged business men to pay more att tention to foreign commerce and be more self-reliant: demanded the res toration of the sAmeriean merchant ma rine; praised thesnew banking and cur- irency lnwgNand touched on the atti- tude of the United States toward the European war
 NEW ASPECT
 When the present great conflict in Eu- rope is over the world is going to wear a different aspect" MT. Wilson declared. T do not believe there is going to be any patched up peace. l believe that thoughtful men of every country and ev- cry sort will insist that when we get peace again we shall have guarantees
 that it will remain, and that the instru-
 menta,itles of justice shall be exalted
 above the instrumentalies of force
 1T believe that the spirit which has
 hitherto reigned in the hearts of Amer
 jeans and in like people everywhere in
 the world will assert itself once for all
 in international affairs, and that if
 Amerca preserved her poise, preserves
 her self-possession, preserves her atti-
 tude of friendliness towards all the world
 she may have the privilege, In ono form
 or another of being the mediatng in-
 fluence by which these things may be
 induced"
 The President explained he did not
 mean governmental mediation but splr-
 itual mediation, the recognition of the
 world that here is a country that has
 always wanted things done that way.
 and whose merchants when they carry
 their goods will carry their ideas along
 with them" He declared that the spirit
 of give and take will spread it's in-
 fluence to the end of the world.
 ISSUES. CHALLENGE
 "So I challenge you" he continued
 land the men like you throughout the United states, to apply your minds to
 your business as if you were building up for the world d great constitution of the United States, as if you were going out in the spirit of service and achieve rnent---the kind of achievement that comes only through service the kind of service which is statesmanship. the statesmanshp of those arrangements
 which are most serviceable to the world"
 The President attacked monopoly in business and said that the only object of organization in business should be efficiency rather than the shutting out of weaker men. He added. however, that he looked forward to tho future of American business with the greatest con fdence. As far the business Of 1 the country is concerned, he asserted | emphatically, there ought not to be any 1 politics American business men, he de- 1 clared. have been too timid and have been too prone to run to Washington 1 with their troubles. The President added | that American business men are strong enough to go out and conquer the world
 | The address was delivered before
 more than HOO men and women i'll the Masonic temple, periodically trapped with American flags for the occasion, Near him sat Governor Willis, formet Gov. Judson Harmon, Senators Pome- rene and Harding, Representative Brumbaugh and others of Ohio's leading
 men. His speech was frequently inter- rupted by applause.
 The Chamber of Commerce address follows:
 Mir. President, Gentlemen of the Co., lumbus Chamber of Commerce: I want first to express my very deep gratitude to you for the cordial manner in which you have greeted me and my sense of privilege in standing here before you | to speak about some of the things in which we are mutually interested. You. gentlemen, are perhaps more interested l in those matters of policy, which affect 1 the business of the country than in any | others; and yet, it had never seemed to me possible to separate the pusmess of l a country from it's essential spirit and the life of it's people. The mistake that some men have made has been i'll sup l posing that business was one thing and | life another; whereas. they are insepara-
 ble in their principles and in their ex- pression.
 ''I must say that iii looking back upon the past there is something about the history of business in this country which isc not wholly satisfactory. It is inerest- ing to remember that in the early years of the republic We felt ourselves more part of the general world than ws