The Glenwood post., 1916-10-14
Mexicans Can Spit in Face Of
Americans and Nothing
Will Be Done About It
NOBODY DARES FIGHT

New York, Oct. 10.-President Wilson
has chan5el lis mind again. He has
gust assutod an Omaha audience that
'the European nations should realize
that America is just as ready to fight
as any nation in the world, but that its
cause must be just"
Just how the Europan nations could
be expected to understand this when,
Immediately following the killing of
several hundred Americans, including
women and little children, Mr.. Wilson
proclaimed to the world that the United
States "was- too proud to fight Mr..
Wilson did not explain to his audience.
Neither did he give any indication of
what in his estimation would constitute
"just cause.'
"We have seized and destroyed your
property, we have murdered your men
and your children and we have ravished
your women. Is there anything that
will make white-livered Gringo
fight?' is the pleasing salutation with
which American army and navy officers
are greeted on every side in Mexico.
This gentle reminder of "too proud to
fight" is generally, followed by the
,Mexicans with splitting on the uniforms,
and sometimes in the faces of American
soldiers and sailors, and they are help
less to defend themselves because they
have repeatedly been warned that any
American in the service who gets into a
fight with a Mexican will be summarily
court martialed. Under these circum-
stances how can European nations be
blamed for failing to realize that
"America is rs ready to fight as any
nation in the world, /" however just the
-capsasuaaye be- iN-s.. &c.,
Senator Roof, in his great speech in
this city, after declaring there was a
general agreement that after the war
America will be confronted by tariff
barriers in every now belligerent coun-
try. said:
"What are we going to do then? We
must do something. We must 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 have seen that something
must be done, for they have provided a
tariff board to ascertain and report the
true facts to which tariff law is to be
the country wants a tariff for revenue
only thew may put the making of it in
the hands of the Democratic party. But
can any sane man contemplate that
party making protective tariff? Tn
the first place, they can't do it honest
". They don't believe in it. They
were born and bred in different
faith"
'The high cost of living is serious
problem in every American home. We
charge that excessive prices. in large
measure. from the high tariff laws en-
acted and maintained Nv the Republi-
can party, and from trusts ard com
mercial conspiracies fostered and en-
couraged by such laws, and we assert
that no substantial relief can be So
cured for the people without import
duties on the necessaries of life are ma
teriallv reduced - Democratic platform
of 1912. The tariff on the necessities
of life has been radically reduced, re-
duced so much all along the line that it
was necessary to devise all sorts of new
and onerous special taxes-but the cost
of living has not been reduced. 1t is
steadily increasing. This week one of
the most extensive restaurants in New
York, an institution which has more
than hundred branches in this city
and branches in many other cities. res
taurants where the wealthy never eat,
but which feed hundreds of thousands
Of clerks and working girls daily, has
been obliged to put up Its prices. All
egg orders, pies and coffee have been in
creased 5 cents. This means. not tina.
the customers of these restaurants will
pay more for their meals. They haven u
got 1t to pay. It means that thev will
eat less, despite the fact that many Of
them are under-hourished already. On
every side the cost Of living is increas-
ing by leaps and bounds and many who
had gained increased wages a. result
Of the European war and believed thcy
had attained some measure Of prosperi-
ty, now find the increased pay Insult
cient to Offset the increased cost Of liv-
ing; that they are even poorer than be-
fore. ff 'r' 's'
Secretary Lane Indignantly denies
that he has made any demands on the
Mexican delegates to the Atlantic City
conference to reimburse the Americans
who have been robbed Of their all in
Mexico. And simultaneously, represent
atives Of the administration in Wash
ington deny that Villas increasing
strength and the shooting Of Americans
BY Carranza soldiers has led to de-
termination on the part Of the adminis-
sration to keep Pershing's force in Nsx-