Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08

that principle. We yentured 10 cntel
Mexican territory only because theirs
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 thers
no single act OF hostility or iDterfer.
encc even with the sovereign authority
OF the republic OF Mexico herself.
Many serious wrongs against the
property. many irreparnble wrongs
against the persons, OF Americans have
been committed within the territory OF
Mexico herself during this confused
revolution. wrongs which could not be
effectuaily checked SO long as there
was no constituted power Ia Mexico
which wns IN position q check them.
We could not net directly ~ that mat
ter ourselves without denying Med
cans the right 10 any revolution at ali
which disturbed us and making the
emancipation Of her OVID people await
our own interest and convenience.
ProbLens Of Near Future.
The future. the Immediate furure.
viii bring us squarely face 10 face with
many great aud eyacting problems
which will search us through and
through whether we be able and ready
10 play the part In the world that we
mean 10 play.
There must be 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
pence upon worldwide foundations
that cannot easily be shaken. No ma
ton should be forced 10 take sides in
any quarrel In which its own 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.
One OF the contributions we must
make to the worlds peace is this:
We must see to 1t chat the people in
our insular possessions are treated
In their own lands rs 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 10 the
establishment of peace throughout the
world we must actively and intelll-
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 In |
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the instrumentalities of |
adjustment We have created, |
In the federal trade commission, a
means OF inquiry and of accommoda-
ton In the field OF commerce which
ought both to coordinate the enter
prlscs OF our traders and manufac-
turers and to remove the barriers of
Misunderstanding and of a too tech
meal Interpretation of the law. In
he new tariff commission we have
idded another fundamentally OF OBJ
'ervation and adjustment which prom
SEES TO be Immediately serviceable.
We have already formulated and
agreed upon policy of law which
will explicitly remove the ban now
TO rest upon cooperation
amongst our exporters In seeking and
securing their proper place In the
markets of the world The field will
le free, the instrumentalitles at hand.
At home also we must see to IL that
he men who plan and develop and d.
ect our business enterprises shall en-
oy definite and settled conditions of
aw. policy accommodated to the
reest progress. We have set the just
nd necessary limits. We have put
N kinds OF unfair competition under
he ban and penalty of the law. We
ave barred monopoly. These fatal
nd ugly things being excluded. we
aust now quicken action and facili-
ate enterprise by every Just means
fithin our choice. There viii be
eace IN the business world. and, with
eace: revived confidence and life.
We ought both TO husband and to
evelop our natural resources, our
lines. our forests. cur water power.
wish we could have made more prog
sss than we have mnde In this vital
latter.
We must hearten and quicken the
pirlt and efficiency Of labor through
ut our whole industrial system by
serywhere and In all occupations do '
lg justice 10 the laborer, not only by
aging living wage. but also by '
aking all the conditions that sur c
,und labor what they ought to be. |
We must coordinate the railway :
istems Of the country for national !
Sc. and must facilitate and promote J
Ieir development with view 10 that '
and TO their better
iaptntlon as whole 10 the life and r
ade and defense OF the nation. The c
fe and industry OF the couatry can I
free and unhampercd only II these e