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READY TO FIGHT
FOR PRINCIPLES
Mr.. Wilson k;iI'tant|y Urges
American Ideals.
DEMANDS FAIR TREATMENT
President Says it is One Thing to En-
tentain Fine Principles and Another
to Make Them Work.

President Says it is One Thing to En-
tentain Fine Principles and Another
to Make Them Work.
Philadelphia, June 30.-Declaration
that America has reached crisis IN
which it must not only be able to un
derstand it's own ideal, but must be
ready to put them into practice al
any cost; an intimation that il wal
comes it will only be alter America
has done the justice to other peoples
that she demands for herself-these
were the features of President VIII
sons short address to $4,000 people al
Independence Hall.
The president made a flying trip tc
Philadelphia from Washington in or
der to address the Associated Adver
Using Clubs of the World, which
wound up their annual convention. The
presidents address, in part, was as
follows:
| have not come here to make an
extended address. | need not explain
to you the circumstances that make II
impossible for me to make such an
address. | understand, gentlemen
you have associated yourselves to
gether to work for candor and truth In
business | wish candor and truth
might always be a standard Of politics
as well as business. | don't see how
a man can devote himself to candol
and truth in business unless he ad
dresses himself to the primary ele
ments of business.
1 come to YOU with this thought
America is at point where it is neces
sary she must understand her Ideals
and put them into action if necessary
l am not interested in fighting fol
myself, but | am immensely interested
in fighting for the things / believe in
In so far as they are concerned. In
the first place, it Is the duty OF every
business man to think first OF Amerl
ca. America first, means nothing un
less you translate it into action. /
believe that America should be read!
in every way to Vindicate the princl
Piles of liberty, justice and humanity
This means you have got to be just
not only to yourselves, but to other ma
tions. 1t is easy to think OF the ma
terial things, but we must not be guld
ed by that. l believe that at whatever
cost America should be just to oihel
peoples as she would have them treat
her.
l count myself very fortunate to be
able to leave my duties at Washington
long enough to face this interesting
company of men who have the very
fine conception that it is their duty
to lift the standards and ideals of then
profession. (Appfause.)
/ understand, gentlemen, that you
have associated yourselves together in
order to promote candor AMI trutl in
the advertis ement of your bus 5.ne.s. ]
wish very much, gentlemen, that can
nd frlrt Joht o.
standard of politics, as wei as the
standard of business. (Applause.l
l want to challenge your attention
for moment to this aspect oil y0ul
own activities. | do not see how q
man can devote himself to candor and
business without studying the life OF
the great nation to whom he addresses
his advertising.
l do not see how a man can fail,
having established the horizon of his
business where the great hills OF truth
lie, to lift his eyes to the great mul
titude of laboring men and striving
men who constitute great nation like
ours, and in the very act OF audi esS1ns
them, get in his own consciousness.
some part of the Impulse OF their life
You can't commend your business tG
people that you do not understand anC
you cannot understand the people o.
serve them. (Applause)
And so | come to you with this
thought: America is at point, gentle
| men, where it is more than ever neceS
sary that she should understand heI
own ideals not only, but be ready tc
put them into action at any cost. II
Is one thing to entertain fine prin iple;
and another thing to make them work
1t Is one thing to entertain them in
the form you will as of words, like
the splendid words which were uttered
and gave distinction to this ancient
historic building behind me, but it is
another thing to do what those same
men did, make those words live in
the action of their lives. (Applause.)
| America is summoned in each new
generation to renew not only the
pledges that those men made, but t.
renew the example which they gave
| to the world.
It is important, therefore, since
am in fighting mood, to let you know
what are some of the things that
do believe in. In the first place,
believe-and l summon you to show
your belief in the same thing. that
It is the duty of every American In
everything that he does, in his bust
ness and out of it, to think first not OF
himself or of any interest which he
may be called upon to sacrifice, but
of the country which he serves.
America first means nothing until
you translate it in what you do. And
so | believe most profoundly in the
duty of every American to exalt the
national consciousness by purifying
his own motives and exhibiting hi
own devotion.
And I believe that America, the
country which we put first in oul
thoughts, should be really in every
point Of policy and of action to vindi
cate ar whatpVar cost the nrln Gin a.
of liberty, justice and Of humanity tC
which we have been devoted from the
first. You cheer the sentiment, bu
do you realize what it means? Il
means that you have not only got te
be just to your fellowmen, but that as
nation you have got to be just tC
other nations.
1t comes high. 1t is not an easy
thing to do. It is easy to think frs
of the material interest of America
but 1t Is not easy to think first Of wha
America, If she loves justice, ought Il
(ARplause.)
America be just to other peoples anC
treat other peoples as she demand:
that they should treat her. CAP
plause) She has a rieht to demand
respect and she has right to insis
that they treat her in that fashion
but she cannot, with dignity of self
respect. insist nnon that unless she i
willing to act in the same fashion to
ward them. (App,ause9
That l am ready to fight for at any
cost to myself, and then in the third
place, touching ourselves more init
Il mate1y, my fellow-citizens, this is what
l believe. If l understand the life o
America, the central principle of it is
this: That no small body of persons
no matter how influential, shall be
trusted to determine the policy ant
development of America.
You know what you want in youl
business. You want fair field ant
no favor. You want to be given the
same opportunity that others have, not
only to make known what you have tl
sell. but to sell it under as favorable
conditions as ANYBODY else.