Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-15

dexican territory was no violation Of
that principle We venturei to enter
Mexican territory only because there
were no military forces in Mexico that
could protect our border from hostile
attack and our own people from VIC
lence, and we have committed there
no single act of hostility or Interior
enee 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 be
effectuany 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 Mexi.
cans the right to any revolution at all
which disturbed us and making the
emancipation of her own people await
our own iulcItst huu
Problems Of Near Future.
The future, the immediate future,
will bring us sQuarely face to face with
many great and exactlng 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
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 own honor
and integrity and the fortunes of its
own people are not involved; but no
nation can any longer remain neutral
as against any willful disturbance Of
the peace Of the world.
One of the contributions we must
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-th 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 our 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 provldent In
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the Observation-Disclosures OF
prompt adjustment. We have created
in the federal trade commission, q
means of inquiry and Of accommoda
ton In the field Of commerce which
ought both to coordinate the enter
Drises Of our traders and manufac
turers and to remove the barriers Of
misunderstanding and Of too tech
nical Interpretation OF the law. Ii
the new tariff commission we hav'
added another instrumentality of OBJ
servation and adjustment which prom
Uses to be Immediately serviceable.
We have already formulated ant
agreed upon policy of law whlcl
will explicitly remove the ban nov
supposed to rest upon cooperation
amongst our exporters In seeking ant
securing their proper place in tn
markets of the world. The field will
be free, the instrumentalities at hand
At home also we must see to 1t tina
the men who plan and develop and di
rect our business enterprises shall en-
Joy definite and settled conditions o
law, a policy accommodated to tn
freest progress. We have set the jus
and necessary limits. We have pu
= all kinds of unfair competition unde
the ban and penalty Of the law. w
have barred monopoly, These fata
/ and ugly things being excluded, W
must now quicken action and facil
tate enterprise by every just mean
e within our choice. There will b
, peace In the business world, and, wit
! peace; revived confidence and life.
We ought both to husband and t
: develop our natural resources, ou
mines, our forests, our water powe
- | wish we could have made more prof
| ress than we have made in this vits
! matter.
/ We must hearten and quicken tn
!. spirit and efficiency of labor through
h out our whole Industrial system b
0 everywhere and In all occupations d.
O ing justice to'the laborer, not only
+ paying a living wage, but also
4 making all the conditions that su
+ round labor what they ought to be.
: We must coordinate the railwf
g systems Of the country for nation
+ use, and must facilitate and promo
It their development with view to TIL
d coordination and to their bett
adaptation as a whole to the life ar
# trade and defense Of the nation. II
!. life and industry of the country CT
II be free and unhampered only If the
3 arteries are open, efficient, and col
J. plete,
|. Thus shall we stand ready to me
o the future as circumstance and int
Al national policy effect their unfoldin
IS whether the changes come slowly
4. come fast and without preface.