French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-06-29

accomplish these ends.
We commend the acton of the
Democratic administration in ho[ding
the Pan-American financial CENTER
ence in Washington in May, 1915, and
organizt ng the international high COM
which represented the Unite1
States in the recent meeting of repre-
sGntatives of the Latin-Ameriean re-
publics of the western hemisphere in
which have so greatly promoted the
friendly relations between the people
Of the western hemisphere.
Mexico.
The Monroe Doctrine is reasserted
as q prime pie of democratic faith.
That doctrine guarantees the indie
pendent republic of the W. Ameri-
cas- against aggression from another
continent. 1t implies, as we'll, the
most s~crupulous regard upon our
part Of the sovereignty of each of
them. The want of stable
lole government IN Mexico, capable
Oh depressing and Furnishing maraud-
erS and bandit bands, who have not
only taken the lives, and seized and
destroyed the property of American
c tlzens in that country, but have
1nsolently invaded our soil, made war
upon and murdered our people there
en-, has rendered it necessary tenn
Porari ly to occupy by our armed
Iorces a portion of the territory OF
that friendly state. Until, by the res
tOfatlOn Of law and order therein. a
repetition of such incursions is i'm
probable, the necessity for their re-
naming will continue.
Intervention, implying as it does
military subjugatiOn, is revolt ng to
the people of the United States, not
Wlthstanding the p~rOvocation to that
courses has been great and should be
resorted to, if at all, only as a last
resort: The stubborn resistance of
the president and his adv sers to every
demand and suggestion to enter upon
IL, is creditable alike to them and to
the people in whose name he speaks
Merchant Marine.
immediate provis on should be
made for the development of the car
ry1ng trade of the United States. Our
foreign commerce has in the past
been subject to many unnecessary and
.VeXatlous obstacles in the way of legs,
lslation of republ can congresses.
Until the recent democratic tariff leg
1slatlon it was hampered by
able burdens of taxation: Until the
recent banking legislation it had al it's
disposal few of the necessary instru-
mentallt1es of international credit and
exchange. Until the formation of the
pending act to promote the construc-
{ on of a merchant marine it lacked
even the prospect of adequate car
r1age by sea. We heartily indorse the
purposes and policy Of the pending
shopping bill and favor all such addi-
tlonal measures of constructive Or
remedial leg Station as may be nee
essary to restore our flag to the seas
and to provide further facilities of
eur foreign commerce, particularly
such laws as may be made to remove
unfair conditions of competition N
the dealings of American merchants
and producers with competitors il
foreign markets.
C~OnSerVatO on.
Conservation and development of
the country's natural resources
through a policy which shall not with
hold such resources from development
but which shall prevent both waste
and monopoly in their exploitation
are suggested. The declaration of the
platform Of 1912 on this subject was
reaffirmed.
The platform continues:
L ne Administration and the Farmer.
w favor the vigorous prosecution
Of Investigations and plans to render
agriculture more profitable and coun-
try life more healthful, comfortable
and attractive, and we believe that
this should be the dominant air of
he nation as we'll as of the states.
With all its recent improvement,
Farming still Lays behind other occu-
patIons in development as a business
and the advantages Of an advancing
c1ViI zatlon have not accrued to rural
communities in a fair proportion.
Much has been accomplished in the
field under the present adminiStra-
tlon-far more than under any pre-
V Gus administration. In the federal
reserve act of the last congress and
the rural credits act of the present
congress, the machinery has been Gre
ated which will make credit available
TO the farmer constantly and readily,
and he has at last been put upon a
footing Of equality with the merchant
n the manufacturer in securing the
capital necessary to carry on his eli
terprises. Grades and standards nee
essary to the intelligent and success
tul conduct of business of agriculture
have also been established or are IN
the course of being established by law.
The long needed cotton futures act,
passed by the sixty-third congress-,
has now been in successful operation
for nearly two years. A new grain
grades bill. long needed. and a per-
missive warehouse bill intended to
provide better storage faciI ties and TO
enable the farmer to obtain certih-
Gates upon which he may secure adj
vance of money, have been passed.
hM thu hnh1o.-nR ronrncnnAn4:uoo h.ro