The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-02

was shaken hN revolution. In that
matter. too. principle was plain and u
was imperative that we should live ap
TO Il n we were 10 deserve the trust 81
any real partisan OF the right as free
men sc H. We have profeSsed to be-
lIcve. aud we do believe. that the p,o-
pie OF small and weak states have the
right 10 expect 10 be dealt with exact
" as the people ~ BIG and powerful
states would be. We have acted upon
that principle Ia dealing with the pee.
pie Of Mexico.
Our recent pursuit Of bandits into
Mexican territory was no violation OF
that principle. We ventured 10 enter
Mexican territory only because therc
were no military forces In Mexico that
could protect our border from hostiI,
attack and our own people from vlo-
lence. and we have committed there
no single act Of hostility or irterfsr
ence even with the sovereign authority
of the republic OF Mexico herself.
Many serious wrongs against the
property. many irreparable wrongs
Akdll~i llit UtfNOfNf VI -ahittft1tl~ nav
been committed within the territory OF
Mexico herself during this confused
revolution. wrongs which could not BE-
effectually checked So long as there
was no constituted power In Mexico
which was In position to check them
We could not act directly In that mat.
ter ourselves without denying Mexi
cans the right to any revolution at ali
which disturbed us and making the
emancipation of her own people await
our own interest and convenience.
Problems Of Near Future.
The future, The immediate future,
win bring us squarcly face TO face with
many great aud exacting problems
which will search US through and
through whether we be able aud 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 a
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 pwn honor
and integrity and the fortunes of It's
own people are not involved. but no
nation can any longer remain neutral
as against any willful disturbance Of
the peace Of the world.
-. n AL ..ut
make to the worlds peace is this /:
We must see TO 1t that the people In
our insular possessions are treated
in their own lands MS we would treat
them here, and make the rule of the
United States mean the same thing
everywhere the 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 NEST actively and intell.
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 provident Ia
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the instrpmentalities 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
prises of our traders and manufac-
turers and to remove the barriers Of
meal Interpretation of the law. In
the new tariff commission we have
added another instrumentality OF OBJ
servation and adjustment which prom
Uses to be Immediately serviceable.
We have already formulated and
agreed upon a policy of law which
will explicitly remove the ban now
supposed to rest upon cooperation
amongst our exporters In seeking and
securing their proper place in the
markets of the world The field will
be free, the instrumentallties at hand.
At home also we must see to It that
the men who plan and develop and di-
rect our business enterprises shall en-
Joy definite and settled conditions OF
law. policy accommodated to the
freest progress. We have set the just
and necessary limits. We have put
all kinds of unfair competition under
the ban and penalty of the law. We
have barred monopoly, These fatal
and ugly things being excluded. we
must now quicken action and facili-
tate enterprise by every just means
within our choice. There will be
peace in the business world. and, with
peace revived confidence and life.
We ought both to husband and to
develop our natural resources, our
mines, our forests, our water power,
/ wish we could have made more prog,
ress than we have made in this vital
matter.