Show A WHITE HOUSE WELCOME FOR BIG BUSINESS now that president wilson has talked over business conditions with such men as J P morgan henry ford and the representatives of 0 the chicago association of commerce commerce and has taken a stand for the encouragement of big business men undertaking public service the newspapers are all taking about bis big change of policy some of mr air wilsons Wil sons friends as the new york evening post observes protest f that this means no real change in him dut but the evening posts belief that it will be received by the cou country as a radical change seems justified by the general tone of 0 newspaper comment almost everyone seems to be pleased tho some opposition editors question the presidents motives and wonder how much real good will be accomplished few if any make use of the opportunity opportune ty to attack him for openly consorting with malefactors of great wealth neither the president nor his callers were loquacious regarding their interviews dut but all the visitors it if we can believe the washington correspondents left the white house in a happy mood mr morgans usually immobile face was wreathed tn 1 n smiles mr air ford was highly optimistic about business prospects and a gentleman from chicago told ot of the considerate and open minded bearint bearing they had had and in the last case the president gave official publication to his feelings that the conference has been mutually instructive and healthful these pleasant and profitable conversations with industrial and financial leaders say the washington dispatches are to be continued in the near future president wilsons Wil sons new policy manifested in these white house visits was more clearly defined in a state ta 1 f 1 I ui 8 wuie t the senate was making up its mind whether hether Zv it ought to accept his nominations of paul M warburg and thomas D jones to places on the federal reserve board senators are troubled by these gentle mens business affiliations the democratic party and the senate the president said know that the vast majority of the men connected with what we have come to call big business are honest incorruptible and patriotic the country may be certain that it Is clear to members of the senate as it is clear to all ful fill men that those who have tried to make big business what it ought to be are the men to be enco encouraged and honored whenever they respond without reserve to the call of public service it la is the otivious ob ivious business of statesmanship at this turning point in our development to recognize ability and character wherever it ilas has I las been displayed and unite every force for the up building of legitimate business along the new lines which are now 41 clearly indicated tor for the future these sentiments seem to meet with general editorial approval the presidents statement was interpreted in washington pays the N q Y evening posts correspondent as a word of cheer to the business world using the warburg appointment simply as a peg upon which to hang it the new york suns representative thinks it Is considered a hopeful sign be because cause it is the first rebuke that has been administered by the president dint for indiscriminate attacks upon business men simply because they have succeeded abundantly now what asks the new york tribune rep hep has suddenly driven the the president to make the affectionate advances to business men to which the warburg appeals and the exchanges with the chicago delegation bubble over it answers by pointing out that coincidentally with them tha the newspapers report of the secession of a democratic congressman from colorado wholesale desertions from the party in louisiana and grave disaffection I 1 all through the middle west so the tribune concludes that we have here a remarkable exhibition of agile pot poetical cal readjustment tho it hopes for the count rys sake that it is genuine and will bear genuine fruits so too the pittsburg gazette times Re pub finds tills this remarkable departure profoundly profound fy suggestive of the possibility that the administration has got the country and it its i self into deep water and is hard pushed to find a safe way out according to the socialist new york call it goes to show that T woodrow wilson 1 as s developing ve considerable statesmanship he has reached the recognition that modern government is nothing more that a committee of capitalists with power to transact the common business pt of the ruling class turning from these unfriendly writers we note that in the houston chronicles opinion the president of the united states has again displayed his usual hard common sense and sense of justice and conception ot of the properties and has shown that honest himself he is not afraid to trust others ile he is remo v ing the impression thit that he is a man inclined to epidemic views and ched from close contact with actual affairs says saya the new york globe and is showing himself desirous to put himself in ili direct icet contact with the people of the nation whose influence is important and whose opinions are mortty of serious attention the new york world dem tho its admits that mr air wilson has held himself too much aloof from the advice of business men considers it the fault of the great business interests te rests for they have stubbornly refused to recognize mr air wilsons Wil sons sincerity and honesty they have abused mr allson as it if he were the most blatant blather who ever captured a public office would it bo be strange strang asks the world it if the president had decided that he could get along without their advice and counsel the conclusion of the independent but equally friendly new york evening post is that the adain admin administration has been leaning over backward in its desire to avoid either the reality or the appearance of undue influence by business interests and mr wilson appears to have arrived at the conclusion that the psychological mo has come tor for the adoption of a different posture and the evening post is absolutely certain that the presidents new policy is sound and right A number of the presidents critics point out that his confere conferences noes will be b fruitless in one direction because his business legislation has all been finally determined on but others argue that there is still time to i hange change the various provisions in the trust bills and several washington correspondents thing that the visit of the chicago business men may help to eliminate the definition nation of the restraint in trade from the clayton bill and to modify the trade commission bill such opposition papers as the salt lake tribune rep kansas city journal rep buffalo express rep baltimore news and boston transcript rep can not see how Fres president ident Wil wilsons sons talk wilh busi bu sineas neus experts can affect trade conditions he can no more make prosperity now dow merely by talking with business men than he was able to make it before merely by talking with psychologists is the way the new york express Pro guts puts it nevertheless the washington post ind and worcester gazette ind expect I 1 follow from the white house interview for reasons ilk like those thus outlined by the brooklyn citizen citizen dem the day after the morgan visit every business man big or little will feel a renewal of confidence when he sees that the administration is not only availing itself of the experience of merchante mer chanto manufacturers bankers and railroad presidents with special knowledge of affairs both at home and abroad butis but Is bent upon having the legislation and administrative work in which they are concerned shaped in accordance with their judgment of what ought to be done the signs multiply that the country is soon to enter upon an era of great material prosperity and one of them was unmistakably given yesterday nor should readers forget the smile on the face of sir mr morgan or the words of henry ford as he left the white house after talking with president wilson cheer up I 1 agree with the president that the era of prosperity is coming fast M literary digest diges L |