Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-16
WILSON POLICY Ar
Tackled BY ELiHU ROOT
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there was a nervous dread lest somebody
make money!" and 'enyv of business she
cess wa~ IN element ID the framing IF leg
~i~lation and the administration III the laws.
Ir. Root continued:
The great wal hu~ not changed the les
son Nhlch We had already learned when Ill
began. " hu~ brt ob9cured further demon
~trallon. u ha~ caused an cnormou, dc
mand tor ONE things which the United
States A. able "a produce III large uuanti-
ties. and IN these lines OF production. while
other industries still anguish. there have
been extensive employment W labor. great
exports and a great influx Of money. But
tins 4 temporary. il must soon cease, and
when the factories have stopped and their
laborers are no longer employed We must
deal with a situation Tor which wise fore
thought should make provision.
Nor important still. the war has
paralyzed The peaceful industries Of all
Europe, and has topped the competitive
foreign production which in Juiy. 1911.
had already entered American markets
FNN -hih' 'Eil NlNllFtS Ulitlfl
the Tariff law Of 1915. The war has thus
given 10 American products an immun
ltN from competition far more effective
than any possible protective tariff. But
that y temporary. and when the war IL
over, when foreign production begins
again. the American market. compared
with impoverished Europe. viii ne more
than ever before the Object 81 desire ana
effort and we shall become the dumping
ground If the world ID the destruction
of Our own industries unless that j.
prevented by Il wise and competent
government"
Taking up foreign relations. Mr.. Root
said that for the first time within The
memory of men now living relations
are recognized ~ vital" lie took ~
first the Mexican problem. reviewing
the situation when President wilson
was inaugnratrd.
His duty then was plain" Mr.. Root
declared. 1t was, first To use his pow
rrS rs president, 70 secure protection
for the lives aud property of Americans
IA hcNIc" and to require that the rules
1T law and stipulations Of treaties
should ~ observed IN Mexico. towards
the United States ami its citizens. liz
duty was second, ~ thc ncad # a fer
cisn power ~ respect the independence
cncr with her internal affairs. from al
of ~slcNico, ia refrain from all interior
attempt "a domination except a. BE- was
Justified IN the law NJ nations for the
projection of American rights.
The president Of the United States
failed III observe either VT those duties.
lie deliberately abandoned them both
and followed an c%ntircl, different aud
Inconsistent purpose. ILL., intrrgcnci I'LL.
Mexico To aid one faction Ill civil strife
against another. lie undertook to pail
down liucrta and Set C%arramza an III
his place. IIuerta was I'LL possession.
lie claimed 10 he the constitutional
president of Mexico. IIc certainly was
thr WV iactO president VI Mexico. I.i.hI
~ or wrongly. good or bad. he was
there
MI. Root reviewed our subsequent rc
%iatiou> with Mexico. declaring that The
United States "intcrvcnc,l in Mexico 90
-pnirul the internal affairs IN threat.
~ economic pressure, and bs force 81
arms. and that the American govern
mcnt ignored. condemned. the mur,irr
cf American men and the rape MI Am
crican women and the destruction Of
American property and Insult % Amer
lean officers and leflcmcnt "A the Am
crican lag and Joined itself a. The men
who were guilty If all these things ~
pull down the power of liucrtl
The results of this interference were
most unfortunate AIR. Root contin-
ned. III our government had sent an
armed force into Mexico az protrrj Am
crican life and honor sc might have
been opposed but We should have h.,n
understood and respected TN M people
az Mexico. because They would nave
realized that W. were acting within our
International rights nnd performing "
nations duty for the protection of iiS
own people: hut when the president
sent AN armed force into Ncxiru a. Il.
icfmine the Mexican presidential sue