Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-10

the situation at home.
Must Solve Mexican Problem
We must lay our plans to meet the
menace to our peace and well being on
our southwestern boundary, not by
high sounding phrases and impetuous
and unpreparcd military moves. but by
sane and definite policy whi,h will
represent the American people in deal
! ing with the arrogant and ignorant
enemies of this country, who are now
in control of the affairs of the unfor-
tunate Mexican nation and who, evi-
IDENTIFY, have no respect for the power or
dignity of the United States and no
consideration for the rights of Ameri-
can citizens.
mo chapter in our entire national
history is more disgraceful and humili
ating than the story of our relations
with Mexico during the last seven
years. and for our own self-respect and
to save ourselves from utter contempt
in the eyes Of the world we must change,
and change quickly the conditions which
are not only annoying, but are actually
threatening.
Industrial Adjustment Necessary
But our firstkduty is to our own
people in meeting the questions which
intimately affect the welfare of every
citizen. While we are organizing u
hopping up policy to clean out the in :
tolerable nests of inefficiency and ex-
travagance in some departments of our
national government we must at the
same time. lay our plans for q broad =
minded adjustment of our industrial
question.
During Republican times the rela =
tion between those who work-and that
ought to include all of us, for those who
do not do some useful work are not
worthy of the room which they take up
in the world-with those who are at
the head of our industrial organizations
and with the government itself. have
always been pretty well understood.
No Room for Alien Agitators
1.-The world has progressed rapidly
however. toward better plan of living
and more equitable distribution OF
the fruits of labor. The human values
in all the walks of life are now bet
ter assessed than heretofore. We must
plan to help in every legitimate direc
ton in bringing about more speedy
realization of those ideals, but, at tho
same time. we must insist that every
one who comes here and every one who
lives here shall understand that our laws
are made for all of the people, and tha
those who do not choose to abide by theH
and who insist upon using destructive
methods not contemplated by our con
stitution and our laws. cannot remalr
here to injure others and to undermine
our institutions.
"Nincty nine per cent of our people
are all right and stand four square II
their support of our democracy. Noth
ing has been more encouraging durlnt
the last year than the development OF
truly American sentiment throughou
the entire country. This sentiment mus
bo fostared and encouraged and We
must spread a doctrine of Americanisn
throughout the states, so that thost
we'll meaning sons of other lands wht
come here may understand that we wei
come them, that we appreciate their Ia
Dor. their art and their spirit of CO.
operation when they desire to help VI
and to let us help them.
America Vast Field for Enterprise
"Some one has said that this coun'
| try is now fully developed and that WI
may now turn the larger part OF ou'
attention to other projects, many %
them vague and indefinite and seemingl!
| impracticable. How can any one hole
! that this country is developed wheI
there is so much to do here for ou1
own peoplep
"Are we fully developed when tina
great old state across the river, the ole
Dominion. which has a fertile area al
most as great as that of England, sup
norts less than two million and hal
of people, and when Maine, with owe
30. 600 square miles of land surface, hal
less than 800 900 people; or. Texas
greater than any of the nations o
Europe. save Russia alone, has les
than one eighth as many people n
France. or while the great North
west--that favorite land of varie'
riches-has in all its states com
hined fewer people than the city O
London? Why we have barely touched
things here. There is plenty, of dig
ging, hewing and hauling to be done ye
in America before we tegin to reacl
The limits of our national development
There is ample opportunity for con
structive genius and enterprise here a
home. We must come down out of tn,
mists of the impracticable and plan
4 our feet squarely upon the path of na
tiOnal development.
"We must plan 1t, too, that our ma
tioual government shall co operate NOR
thoroughly In the great projects of pub
lie education, the most thorough ele
ment of true Americanism, and in tn
constructive work of encouraging ou
agricultural productiveness and in pro
viding land and water transportation
adequate ta help our people develop thei
communities and to improve their home
and their living conditions.
Rehabilitation Problem
"We have tremendous problems I
meet In the rehabilitation Of our grea
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