Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-04
PLEA FOR OPERATION
IS MADE BY PRESIDENT
Interests In Handling OF Pub
lic Problems.
ADDRESSES BUSINESS
Urges Creation OF Same Kind Of
United Spirit In Peace That Moves
Nations During War-Brynn De-
fends Ship-purciase Bill.


WASHINGTON, February Go
operation between business and the
government In framing laws for the
| benefit of-all the. people, was urged by
President Wilson tonight I'm an ad-
dress before several hundred represen-
tative business men here attending the
annual convention of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States lie de-
clared that I'VE must all pool our in
terests" to discover the best means for
handling public problems
The President urged the creation in
. the United States In time OF peace OF
the same kind OF united spirit which
moves nations during war. lie de-
clared that when peace Is as hand
some as war there will be no wars"
and that when men engage in the
pursuits OF peace in the same spirit of
self-sacrifce AS they engage in war,
wars will disappear"
The President predicted that, while
there is shortage of food in the
| world now, the shortage will be much
greater later. He pointed out that
under the guidance OF the Department
OF Agriculture. efforts must be made
by American farmers to grow moro
and more grain that the world NAV be
fed.
WILL. FAVOR CHANGE
TO FAIR METHOD
Speaking of the foreign trade of the
- Ea Dta.
business men devise some way of al
lowing American exporters to combine
10 form common selling agencies. and
to give longtime credits in such n way
that these cooperative devices may be
open to the use OF all He declared
that apparently the antitrust laws pro
hibited such combinations now. but
that he would favor a change If n
method fair to all could be found. He
spoke of the Bureau OF Foreign and
Domestic Commences work in "sur
veying the world" for the benefit OF all
business men.
business men themselves are tn
blame If intelligent laws affecting
! them are not framed. the President
asserted. He added that they should
come out into the open and use their
knowledge OF conditions to bring about
laws to prevent business evils.
The Mexican question was mentioned
by Mr.. Wilson as an example OF the
difficulty he had In getting accurate
information.
j would prefer that YOU receive mo
as If for the time being / were ono of
your own number" said the President
because the longer / occupy the Office
'hht now occupy. the more | regret
any lines Of separation, the moro do
plore any feelings that one set OF men
has one set of interests and another
set of men has another set OF interests.
the more feel the solidarity of the
nation; the imposslbility OF separating
ono Interest from another without mis-
conceivinE 1t: the necessity that We
should all understand one another in
order that we may understand our
selves. There is an illustration which
] have used Il great many times
Will use 1t again, because 1t is the most
serviccable to my mind. we often
speak of man who cannot find his
way In some Jungle or some desert as
having lost himself. Did You never
| reflect that that Is the only thing he
has not lost: he is there: he lost the
| rest OF the world. He has no fixed
! point from which to steer. He docs
not know which is North which is
South, which is East. which West; and
IL he did know, no is so confused that
he would not know In which OF those
directions his goal lay: and, therefore.
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