The Detroit times., 1914-07-18
Huerta'S Retirement
Ends Mexican Problem
RY GILsoN GARpNER.

WASHINGTON. July lS--Huerta >
resignation is the signal for the Unit
ed States 10 get ready To get out OF
Mexico. The fact that nobody has sa-
luted the dag will not stand in the
way OF graceful retirement The
peace conference has accomplished
its great mission. IL has furnished a
tpreteXt Tor delay sufficiently protract
"a 20 starye out Huerta and let the
Coustitutionalists hammer their way
20 Mexico City The terms OF surren'
der are not the business OF the United
states The Abe mediators no
doubt will think IL their business 10
save vested interests in and about
Mexico City They may be expected
10 10 some lively fussing around after
the fashion OF the great powers. which
seek TO divide the spells after peo-
Die has rtyolted against oppression
and won victory The United States
has no further business az Vera cruz,
ii indeed IL ever had any. No condl-
ton OF war exists Carranza and Val
Ia are quite competent 20 preserve
the kind OF order they wish TO pre-
serve and the end OF the Mexican SIT
uation, so far as it affects the United
States, is. or should be, in sight
Powerful arguments for the pas
sage of that section Of the antitrust
bill which provides against reckless
high financing OF railroads, pafucu-
larry the unlimited issue of stocks and
bonds has been furnished IN the thor
ough exposure OF the New Haven
scandal. Wall-st, in the persons OF
Morgan Il Co. or some other Morgan
4 Co. will. II permitted bleed these
properties when entrusted 10 them
| They would not be human II they dld
not Their only business is TO make
money Whether labor is employed
long hours whether the rate OF accl-
| dent is high, whether the public tray
els safely. and similar questions are
tho public's business II the public Is
! willing 10 turn over its properties 10
the Morgans and let them be exploit
Cd that Is the publics loss and the
I Morgans gain, Only by les4sla'loll
making these things impossible can
Me public be protected IN future Nay.
urally big business IS not Keen LOT
! the early passage OF the trust ieslsia'
ton.
In huing the place on the tnlted
states supreme court vacated ~ Nne
death OF the late Justice Lurton Pres.
ldert Wilson will perform the mrs.
/ supremacy important act OF MS aQli'1h.
tistration. The senate and the house
propose laws, but the supreme couI'
OF the United States disposes OF theIl
4 The appointment for lie OF mem
i her Of this body Of nine autocFals y
the greatest power given the pres
dental Office II will be years heiols
tho country RECEIVERS from the appoint
ment OF the men named by lait y
this court
There is report that President
Wilson intends to appoint his attor.
Iney.general. James y McReEnolas-- as
i successor TO Lurton No one VINO
lbalieyes in the integrity Of purpos,
,and the progressive sympathies ol
president Wilson gives this report the
smallest degree OF credence
i IF President Wilson We're 10 name
three members OF his own party or OF
any party who have caused him hosl
trouble since his administration be-
gan. he would undoubtedly name sen
ators O'Gorman. Reed and Hitchcock
I This trio have worked together In OPP
position 10 practically everything the
president has undertaken. they op-
nosed him on the tariff. currency ca
Inal tolls. and now on the appoint
ments OF Warburg and Jones
81 believe that in order 70 settle
this great strike. prevent civil war IN
! Colorado; destroy a powerful ana law
less monopoly and protect all inter
ests invariably. the federal govern
ment should acquire the mines OF Col
orado The speaker was Amos PIN
Ichot. brother OF the former chief for
ester. and his speech in behalf OF gov
| eminent ownership OF these mines
was made at the mass meeting held IN
| New YORK Friday evening. July IL, at
! which prominent men OF all political
parties Joined in urging that the fed
! eral government take over the mines
as the only solution of the strike SIT
uation.
no intelligent American who Is IA
Imfliar with the trend OF tho best eco
lnomic thought OF the time continued
Mr. Pinchot. and with the success OF
government ownership in Europe. fails
lto realize that government ownership
OF railroads and OF the great sources
OF energy which supply the people
with the necessities OF existence in
this country. is necessary, and that 1t
is: moreover. sure TO come in the near
future. II Is sane and practical
step which must be adopted in the
United states before economic democ.