The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-10
WHO OWNS mEx,co7
Sen. La Toilette Tells in Three
Articles, Written Straight.
From the Shoulder

rof Hloie lldI oU years money
has been powerful enough TO
force war upon any country at
any time. The stude 1T of
world politics will find that
practically ali modern wars have
been dictated by great financial
intari StS.
AS long as capital finds it's
best field for profit in it's own
country, the peace of that coun-
try is rcaso lably secure. Bat
wherever the financial interests
have acquired such a control of
the ;tatiunal resources of their
own country and such mastery
over ihc industrial and conlmerc
ial affairs Of their own people.
stbal they can exact prott Is at
will such interests seek new
field for their surplus capital
TiS excess capital which has
been ground out of an eXploite 1
country and its pe"ple---if retain
ed at home-would reduce. inter-
est; and farmes. merchants and
small business enterprises could
borrow upon reasonable rates.
But the masters of finance con
s;der little else besides their
own profits.
The people of the United States
do not want war with Mexico.
The Mexican people do not want
war with us. And both President
Wilson and Carranza have mani
festly done everything in their
power to avert war.
What is it. then, that menances
the peace of these neighboring
countries?
1t dates far back of the Col
umbus raid. The outrage upon
the residents of one of our border
towns was the logaica! outcome
of conditions for which the Mex
lean people were in no wise re-
sponsible. Worse than that
The Mexican people were really
innocent victims of traitors in
our midst. For it is charged up
on the highest authority that tho
raid was inspired and arranged
for in our own country.
10 you get the fu:l meaning
of that statement? Benedict
Arnold was not more guilty of
treason.
The secret service Of the gov
ernment has long arm and a
strong arm. The net may yet
be drawn on the "higher-ups." 1t
is fair to assume that President
Wilson d.: not disclose all Of the
facts in his possession when b"
declared officially a few days af-
ter the raid that
There We're persons along the
border actively engaged in Great.
ing friction between the govern
mc'4is of the United States and
the do facto government Of Mex.
i"n for the purpose of Drlngin.
about intervention in the inte"r,
of certain owners of Mevican
propcrtas.'
There you have it! The gent
lemen who want war with Men
leo are the gentlemen who hav,.
Mexican properties. They are
very powerful. They own most
of tn" United States and gDci
big slice of Mexico. They are our
Captains Of Industry: our Masters
of Finance They own or con,
troll our great newspapers. They
ar" for strong Mexican policy. Il
strong foreign policy. big army
and a big ncavy.
They prate about patriotism.
They clamor for preparedness.
They have tried to plunge the
country into hysteria of fear
that W" are going to b" thrown in
to war with Germany or England
Or Japan. They have congress
''on the rum
The privileged interests are
not taxing the people of the Unit
ed States for their great army
and navy scheme to fight Ger
many. England or Japan. They
have other plans for the present
They control the prices of labor
and the products of labor. They
own the coal. the oil. the timber.
tn" water powers. Their pro-
fits are so enormous that they
must lower interest rates or else
invest in forign countries. Tha
timber, Oil, coal an minera,
wealth of Mexico and the Central
and South American countries arc
. most inviting in every way. The
governments are poor: the labor
is cheap as slave labor.
There is just one risk. And
that is large risk. The govern
mcnts are most of them weak.
Revolutions in many of them are
frequent: property rights are in
secure.
But a scllom" has been worked
out by the masters Of linanc" to
make foreign Investments as
good as a government bond. Just
put the Stars and Stripes back OF
them!
There was time when the slo-
gan of munitions makers was: