The sun., 1916-10-06

Foreign Affairs. ARE the result Of three
years and a half OF Mr.. Wilson'S Mexi-
can policy, tho result Of Mr.. Wilson's
Interference in the internal AFFAIRS Of
Mexico"
The men against whom our Secretary
OF state complained 40 bitterly" said
Mr.. Root. "are the men whom President
Wilson put into control in Mexico ny
using the power Of the United States
to turn Huerta out n make their revo-
lutionary movement successful"
When Mr.. Taft retired from ONCE
the revolution through which Madero
was overturned IN Huerta became
President and the counter revolution
Of Carranza and villa mad been in prog
ress only twelve days, Mr.. Root re-
minded his hearers. The time wa. too
short to determine the question Of recog-
milton. Mr.. Taft properly left the whole
subject to his successor. Mr.. Root con-
trasted Mr.. Wilson's declaration Of
August, 1918. that nobody was going to
interfere in Mexico with the Presidents
action In later engaging I'm active In
reference and craftsmanship" The Pres
ldent demanded that Huerta surrender
his power and get out. although. bad as
Huerto may nave been. his Government
was In possession Of the greater part OF
Mexico. had been recognised by sub
.stantially all the great Powers and most
Of the smaller Powers. and was dis
charging the international obligations
Of the Mexican Government.
Mr.. Root noted that proof has been
furnished in a statement by the Secre-
tary OF the Interior. Franklin X. Lane.
on July 81 last. that the salute the
flag incident and the seizure Of Vera
Cruz were n mere pretext for using the
power Of the United States to enable
Carranza and villa to overthrow Huerta.
The President" Mr.. Root said. has
had his way In Mexico n a managed
II with such n degree of skill that both
villa and Carranxa are our enemies.
The question for the American people
now is. Are they willing to have the
serious and critical affairs In which their
vital interests will I've concerned during
the next four hi conducted in the
been conducted"
Importance OF the TariG.
tariff. He believed there wss general
agreement hat the United states must
deal with this subject to meet condi-
lions in production and trade after the
war. He believed that even England
would resort TO a protective tariff. so
that the products Of America will meet
protective barriers In all foreign mar
kets. He went on:
What are We going to do then? We
must do something. We u protect
ourselves or we shall become the dump
ing ground Of the world and our work.
men will beg In, the streets. Even the
Democrats lave seen that something
must be done. for they have provided a
tariff board to ascertain and report the
true facts to which q tariff law II to
be applied.
Now We can all understand that II
the country wants q tarin for revenue
only they may put the making OF II In
! the hands OF tho Democratic party. But
AN n sane man contemplate tnat
| party making "A protective tarin7 In
the first place they can't do II honestly.
They don't believe In II. They were
born and bred In a different faith"
Now Mr.. Root came to the passage OF
the so-called eight hour law. which he
termed "the surrender Of the President
and Congress to the peremptory demand
Of the four railroad brotherhoods for fhe
Increase Of their wages by q law passed
under threats" He said:
ITO say that the demand Of the BROTH
erhoods or the law passed In response 10
that demand involved the question Of an
eight hour day for labor Ia a manifest
subterfuge. There was no demand or
suggestion that the labor Of the engi-
neers, fremen, conductors and tratnmen
included In tho four brotherhoods should
Be limited to eight hours a day. There
was nothing In the Law limiting their
labor to eight hour q day. There was
no penalty and no prohibition against
exceeding that number Of hours. Every
body knew that a strict eight houf
~schedule Of labor wss inapplicable In
fact to service upon railroad trains where
speed and distance 20 largely control
length OF service. and nobody proposed
10 apply any such schedule 20 that bust.
ness.