Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-09-07

Our recent pursuit OF bandits INTO
Mexican territory was no yiolatica OF
that principle. We ventured to enter
Mexican territory only because there
were no military forces in Mexico that
could prote- our border from hostile
attack and or W people from vio-
lence, and we have committed there
no single act of hostility Oh interior
ence even with the sovereign authority
Of the republic of Mexico herself.
Many serious wrongs against the
property, many %irreparable wrongs
against the persons, of Americans have
been committed within the territory OF
Mexico herself during this confused
revolution, wrongs which could not De
e~ffectually checked so long as there
was no constituted power in Mexico
which was in a position to check them.
We could not act directly in that mat
ter ourselves without denying Med-
cans the right to any revolution at all
which disturbed us and making the
emancipation of her own people await
our own interest and convenience.
Problems of Near Future.
The future, the immediate future,
will bring us sQuarely face to face with
many great and eXacting problems
which will search us through and
through whether we be able and ready
to play the part in the world that we
mean to play.
There must be a just and settled
peace, and we here in America must
contribute the full force of our en-
thusiasm and of our authority as a
nation to the organization of that
peace upon worldwide foundations
that cannot easily be shaken. No ma
ton should be forced to take sides In
any quarrel in which its w honor
and integrity and the fortunes OF its
own people are not involved; but nc
nation can any longer remain neutral
as against any willful disturbance OF
the peace of the world.
One of the contributions we mus
make to the worlds peace is this
We must see to it that the people in
our insular possessions are treated
in their own lands as we would treat
them here, and make the rule OF the
United States mean the same thing
everywhere-the same justice, the
same consideration for the essential
rights of men.
Besides contributing our ungrudg'
ing moral and practical support to the
establishment Of peace throughout the
world we must actively and intelli-
gently prepare ourselves to do u full
service in the trade and industry
which are to sustain and develop the
life of the nations in the days to come,
We have already been provident in
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the instrumentalities OF
prompt adjustment. We have created
in the federal trade commission, {
means of inquiry and of accommoda
ton in the field of commerce which
ought both to coordinate the enter
prises of our traders and maEutac
| turers and to remove the barriers OF
| misunderstanding and of a too tech
meal Interpretation of the law. Ii
the new tariff commission we have
added another fundamentally OF OBJ
/ s~ervation and adjustment which prom
Uses to be Immediately se~rviceable.
We have already formulated ant
agreed upon q policy of law which
will explicitly remove the ban nov
+ supposed to rest upon cooperation
amongst our exporters in seeking ant
a securing their proper place in tn
markets of the world. The field viii
a be free, the instrumentalities at hand
: At home also we must see to it tina
the men who plan and develop and d
a rect our business enterprises shall Ell
d ioy definite and settled conditions o
e law, a policy. accommodated to tn
G freest progress. We have set the jus
t and necessary limits. We have pu
l. all kinds of unfair competition unde
> the ban and penalty of the law. W
have barred monopoly, These fats
n and ugly things being excluded, W
l. must now quicken action and facil
tate enterprise by every just mean
within our choice. There will b
% peace in the business world, and, wit
n peace; revived confidence and life.
A. We ought both to husband and t
4 develop our natural resources, on
mines, our forests, u water poNe
/ wish we could have made more pro-
n ress than we have made in this Wit;
d matter.
ID We must hearten and quicken til
c. spirit and efficiency of labor through
n out our whole industrial system /
50 everywhere and in all occupations d.
to ing justice to the laborer, not only b
f. paying a living wage, but also /
ID making all the conditions that su
round labor what they ought to be.
We must coordinate the railwa
es systems of the country for nations
use, and must facilitate and promo
st their development with a view to thi
Id coordination and to their bett'
adaptation as n whole to the life an
trade and defense of the nation. III
n life and industry of the country ca
ur be free and %unhampered only il the'
is arteries are open, efficient, and col
n plete.
d. Thus shall we stand ready to me
tie the future as circumstance and int
al national policy effect their unfoldin
IS whether the changes come slowly
IL come fast and without preface.
M Not for Her.
II have here,' said the gentleman