Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-21
DOCTRINE OF MONROE
Secretary Root States Position Of the
Administration on This Principle,
STILL A VITAL AND LIVING FORCE
reOple Regard it as an Expression Of Sound
Political Judgment,
WILL BE INVOKED WHEN NECESSARY
United States Will Not Hesitate to Apply
it When Occasion Arises,
HARTMAN TALKS Of NEW RATE LAW
President Of Union Pacihe Says
Measure VIII Make Trouble for
Railroads if IL is Not Impar-
TALLY Enforced.
TILL A VITAL AND LIVING FORCE
eOple Regard it as an Expression Of Sound
Political Judgment,
WILL BE INVOKED WHEN NECESSARY
United States Will Not Hesitate to Apply
II When Occasion Arises,
HARTMAN TALKS Of NEW RATE LAW

TALLY Enforced.
KANSAS CITY. No. Nov 2o.-Before the
Transmissssippi Commercial congress here
tonight Elihu Root. secretary Of state. de-
livered his second speech in this city
within two days His speech was the fea-
ture Of the first days session of the con
gress, which convened this morning. AS on
Monday night, Mr.. Root tonight again
dwelt upon our relations with the South
American republics, telling OF his recent
trip through those countries. He said the
time had come for the expansion of trade
between the countries of the north and
south that would result in the peaceful
prosperity of mighty commerce. lilo de-
clared that the means Of communication he
4 tween these countries must be improved
and increased, and said the ''woeful def
cheney in the means to carry on and en-
large our South American trnde is but
part of the general decline and feebleness
/ of the American merchant marine"
Great interest was taken in Mr.. Roots
reference to the Monroe doctrine which he
declared is still regarded as a vital principle
in the conduct of the affairs of the western
| hemisphere.
! The representatives of Bolivia, Peru, Co
lomba, Brazil and Chile also spoke, follow
I ing Mr. Roots theme closely. speaking OF
the possibilities Of investment OF American
capital in their enterprises. and dealing
also with the political aspect of the situa-
tlon.
Secretary Roots subject was CONNER
cial Union with South American Ropub-
lies" He said:
! Since the first election of President Ne
| kinley the people OF the United states
plus of capital beyond the requirements OF
Internal development. That surplus Is in
ereasing with extraordinary rapidity. We
become n creditor instead of a debtor ma
ton; we nave faced about; we have left
have entered the ranks OF OF the investins is
nations Our surplus energy Is beginning
out the World to ind opPortuniiy fFSuen FOR IN.
prohtable use Of our surplus capital. for
mines to be developed foreiEn bfIdses S ana
| railroads and public works to be built for
elgn rivers to be turned into electric power
Must Understand Other PeSh,
That we are not beginning our neNfs,ole
feebly is indicated By Si,5iS55I.6s6 Of ex.
ports IN the year 1875 as against u,l1E-
SSgl 49, =, Of IN Imports and by 81 q, s.5co ex
of Imports. Our first steps In tho new
held indeed are somewhat clumsy and IN
oceans on either side we have had too
little contact with foreign peoples readily
TO understand their customs or learn their
languages: yet no one can doubt that We
small learn and shall UNDERSTAND and shai
do our business abroad as we have done II
at home with force and efficiency.
Cotncident with this change in the United
states the progress OF political development
mas been carrying the nelghbOrng con-
tinent OF South America out Of the stage
Of militarism into the stage Of industriat-
ISM. throughout the greater part of that
, vast continent revolutions have ceased to
!, be looked upon with favor or submitted. 10
with indiherence; the revolutionary gen
eral and the dictator are no longer The ob-
Jects OF admiration and imitation; civic
virtues virtues command the highest respect the
the stability Of their governments. 10 the
safety OF property and the certainty of
lusllce; nearly everywhere the people ar.
n eager for foreign capital to develop their
n ! natural resources and for foreign inlmi-
grafton 70 occupy their vacant land nm
= ! msdiately before u.s. at exactly tho right
i dlme, Just as we ore ready for It, great
= pi Upportuniitles Tor peaceful commercial and
, sented.
Opportunities Are Great
= The opportunities are so large that figures
bayr,, Ia5 20 ;9 convey them; The area OF this
S miles more than two and one-half times as
!, large as the United States without Alaska
u ana more than double the United States
s including Alaska. A large part OF this
e area lies within the temperate zone. with
an equahle and invig0rating climate free
from extremes Of either heat OF cold
Farther north, in the tropics. are enormous
y the Atlantic 10 the foothills of the Andes
and lifted far above the tropical heats; the
] western
= are cooled by the perpetual SHOWS even
under the equator vast forests grow, nm
tors Que ned from a soil o. Incredible, richness.
Inc population In 1900 was only " Isl 36i,
less than six to the square mile. The
density Of population was less than one
eighth OF that In the state Of Missouri.
If less than one-siXtieth of that IN the safe
I Of Massachusetts, less han one-seVentieth
-, oWt W that n England' loss than per cent OF
It With this sparse population the produc-
v ton Of wealth Is already enormous The
latest trade statistics show exports from
u south America to foreign countries OF
the S5OOOOOOOO OF goods that south America
buys We sell them but S63,2l6.525. or l2.8 per
% cent. OF the S6Cl09o0 that South America
Z. nearly two and half times as much os We
Dc The Monroe Doctrine.
The relations between the United States
and South America have been chiefly polit-
v ical rather than comeTcial or personal In
] the carly DAYS OF the South American
struggle for Independence the cloquence Of
IN Henry Clay awakened in the American
iriots of the South as FOR brethren strug-
Cling I'm the common cause Of liberty. The
fesFe{sSa RSs S mag@g5 dg@g5 qRGmssy OF M Gas4 &
Of ST. James, effected complete under
mt standing with Great Britain for concurrent
I'M action IN opposition TO the designs OF tho
). hoy alliance, already contemplating III,
e partition OF the southern continent anionl
or the great powers Of continental Europe
an The famous declaration Of Monroe arrnye,
- the organized and rapidly increasing poWe
q
~ European interference and made Il f0revc
e- plain that the cost of European aggtessl0y
would be greater than any advanta 81
which could be won even by successful as
at gressiou.
.r- other occasions for the application o
the principle have arisen since; u need
I 10 prouhetic vision 10 zee that other ocea
siOns for its application may arise here
II after The principle declared by Monro
Is az wise an expression Of sound pohica
Judgment today, as truthful representa-
~ fiOn of the sentiments and instincts OF th
American people today az living in "a
force as an effective rule OF conduct when
ever occasion shall arise, as II was OF
December 2 1S21
The speaker referred 10 the efforts q
lat James G.. Blaine 70 establish a Panamericn
70 congress and its failure. and contlnuea;
is Now. both North and South America hav
"a grown up 20 Blaiue's policy; the Production
- tine trade, tho capital, the enterprise OF th
81 United states have before them the oppei
ay tunity 10 follow, and they are tres to f0
no low the pathway marked out by nc tdi
~ sighted statesmgnship Qf lilaine for ~
Growth Of America. North ana eouIr. /