Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-19
DR. JAMES DOUGLAS
 ON MEXICO

Dr. James Douglas president of Phelps, Dodge & Co. and of the Fl Paso & Southwestern Railroad com pany. has written for the American association of International Concilia- ton an interesting article on the rela- tiOns of the United States and Mex leo. which has just been published in book form.
 Tracing historically the industrial development of Mexico through the investment of foreign capital. Dr. Douglas discusses most Interestingly some of the fundamental principles involved in our international policy. The writer praises the mining laws of Mexico, saying. ''They are so lib- eral that they hardly discriminate be- tween foreigners and natives" He
 fayors. as do practically all expert enced mining men, the Mexican min ing code. Some day, Dr. Douglas re-
 marks Mexico will supply us with
 what we now sell her-iron and steel. I Dr. Douglas views on labor are in lteresting. Both on the railroads and
 in the mines and smelling works. "
 he says. preference should always
 be given to native labor. There Is a dearth of technical skill in Mexico.
 but Mexican youths can be rapidly is Snk< As little foreign labor as possible. either manual, technical. or clerical, should be employed. On railroads na- tive employees can fill a much wider sphere than they generally do" Summing up his impressions and opinions. Dr. Douglas gives voice to some words of counsel and caution that should have wide circulation Says he:
 Every citizen of the United States
 who enters the republic for the
 transaction of business or to engage | in industrial pursuits, through some
 indiscretion of his own or through some arbitrary act of an oyerzealous
 Mexican official. may give rise to in lternationaI complications.
 Most wars have originated ir ltrade disputes or commercial jealous lies. Besides which there are people presumably well intentioned nortt !of the line who comparing politica Iconditions in their own country witl lthose prevailing in Mexico. consider Ithat interference in favor of theil Ineighbors is duty. They do not al
 ways weigh the difference in the hab Tits and education of the voters. whicl this arbitrary boundary divides; ant that truer liberty may coincide witl Limited rather than with unlimited franchise during a certain stage O
 a peoples social and political devel , Iopment
 ,l Tt must be asserted that life ani lproperty are safe in Mexico to an em ? inent degree. considering the dificnl .Ity of policing such rugged countr 2 Inhabited by a scanty and scattere , popuiation. Foreigners have certainl had no reason to complain of III treatment. nor of ssch arbitrar methods being practiced against then as 1t is deemed necessary to tn
 public safety. whether wisely or no'
 to infict On natives who break, 0
 are suspected of breaking. the law. The greatest reserve. therefore. l speech and action should. as a maj , lter of courtesy. be maintained D those who enjoy the privileges an , hospitality so liberally extended | strangers and to their capital. More ? over. the resident from abroad in foreign land who imports. togethe i with his capital and skill. his nativ ' prejudices and points of view, is ol ten nl-ftted 10 be a just judge of tn
 Virtues and defects of the strang , people and the IF strange customs
 into contact with which he is thu [ Temporarily and seldom intimatel
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