THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT
THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT
IE- Monroe journai
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.22. No. 65.
MONROE, N.O, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1916.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
DEMONSTRATION WORK
TO BE CONTINUED
COMMISSIONERS SO DECIDE
AFTER INTFRESTIXti I AUNIG
Petition on Itoiii sl.lcs lrescntel
and Many Talks Made as In the
alue ol Hie Work Mr. Rogers
SImmI Hit . round Against li
bridges ml Now Roads Petition
ed For Two Tax Elections liost
Mr. Cm ington Endorsed For
Wilmington . charlotte Highway
Trustee.
Aftir a lengthy hearing in the
court room yesterday afternoon, in
which the ruuuty commissioners save
the ii(i tuiiily to any and all to
tpeak tor or against the continuation
oi the county demonstration work,
the board held a short meeting and
decided to continue the work lor
nnother year. This of course means
two years as the same board will con
tinue (hat time and it is not likely
that the matter will come up again.
Among those who spoke in behalf of
the work was Mr. E. I). McLean, who
.s (supervisor of the 27 counties com
promising the east central division of
the State.
He said that aside from the great
benefit it was to agriculture, the
work did not carry a dollar out of
the county but brought about niue
hundred dollars in, which in addition
to the six hundred paid by the coun
ty, was every cent spent here in the
county. He also said the State was
not begging Union county to take
this money but he had simply come
here to see why there was any op
position w hatever to the work in such
a progressive county as Union. A
great many men made short talks in
favor of continuing the work or simp
ly stated how they had been bene
litted and how they thought the coun
ty was being benefitted. Mr. 1 W.
l'lyler said that through the use of
clover seed strippers which Mr.
liroom had shown the farmers how
to make enough seed had been saved
to pay the comity's part of the salary
for live years alone.
Mr. J. P. Rogers was the only anti
demonstrator present, but lie proved
a warm number. He kept the pros
humming, mid although lie was out
numbered about twenty-live to one,
he diilii't make such a bad impression
as one might suppose. He said that
he didn't slart the opposition to the
demonstration work, but that he was
uppofed to it i'.nd had lice t rdingly
lined himself up with the anti's.
Someone came to him, lie said, and
asked him to start a petition against
the work, and he did so. In all he
sent mil four, and said that they
were pretty well covered with signa
tures some of them having a few
en the hack. He denied knew led.se
of the commissioners' desire to have
the matter presented to them by
speakers, and said that he could have
brought as many con's and there
were p'.os if he had only know the
meeting was going to be conducted
by such procedure. He thought that
the petitions were just going to be
presented, both for and against, and
that the one that had t lie largest
number of signatures was to be the
one to Influence the action of the
commissioners. Ills chief objection
to the woik was that Its maintenance
cost more than the benefits derived
from it. He said that the demonstra
tion work hadn't done him any good,
and also that he knew a good many
others that had said the same thing.
He asked the commissioners In re
ply to the arguments of some of the
pros (hat the demonstration work
was the thing that had inii.de such
improvement in farming circles In
the last few years to lix k back
lifteen years and see 'vl-at re
markable progress had been n.ade
from that time up till the demonstra
tions work was started. He wasn't
lighting the teacher Tom Broom
but was lighting the school. He also
stated that he would part with half
his possessions if It could be shown
that 'any school boys names were on
any of the petitions that he had cir
culated. He asked the commissioners
to put olf their decision until an
other time so that he could produce
an array of oiators to upholct his side.
Ve was of the opinion that the af
fair was a put-up Job, claiming that
those in favor of continuing the work
realized that the con's had a majority
of the signers on their petitions, and
were trying to Influuence the decision
of the coniinissioners by a display of
oratory. He offered to wager that if
the matter were left to the people to
decide at the polls, the demonstration
work would lose by bisj odds,
l'lyler Favored Work.
Mr. P. W. Plyler arose after Mr.
Roger's intimation that the whole
thing was a put up job, and told the
crowd that he favored the demonstra
tion work and that he had come here
with the expectation of hearing argu
ments for and against the matter,
and that he had no Intimation of
what was going to occur other than
what he had read In the newspapers.
This brought Mr. Rogers to his feet
again, and for a minute thinks look
ed dangerous. Out the little matter
parsed off peaceably.
Another Hot One.
Mr. Joe Gordon happened to be In
DOUBr. AS mill 11 no u; fc " niuu wi
what was going on, he approached
the platform and asked a hearing
from Chairman Lonnie Helms. It
was granted, and what he said
brought cheers from the crowd. "I've
been trying all my life to mind my
own business and leave other peo
ple'! alone," he Bald "but I haven't
succeeded. We elected these three
commissioners sitting before us, and
by doing so, we demonstrated our
confidence In their ability to handle
the county's affairs. So for G 's
sake let's leave the commissioners
alone, and let them decide this mat
ter." Other Speak For Work.
Mr. S. O. Blair said that Tom
Broom had ruined his clover seed
trade, because he had simulated
the farmers to taise their own seed.
But notwithstanding this loss, he
was heartily in favor cf continuing
and even extending the woik. Mr.
J. K. Broom is in favor of the work,
and claimed that most of the op po
sit ion to it came from those who did
not thoroughly understand what
Broom was doing. C. B. Covington
spoke in lavor of the work, and so
did Or. Watt Ashcraft. P. C. Stinson.
and R. A. Morrow. Mr. Morrow is
in favor of the work because he
thinks it has done the county a world
cf good, and he hopes to see Union
county thrive under the continued
impetus of the farm demonstrator.
"It would be a calami'y to discon
tinue the work," concluded Mr. Mor
row. Mr. J. Baxter Williams spoke in
favor of continuing the work, jnl so
did Dr. J. M. Ilelk, who elect rif.e-d
the audience when he said: "If the
county does not care to pay for a
demonstrator, I will be one of a few
to assume the burden." This brought
cheers. Mr. Sam Lathan said that he
used to be in the eight bushel class,
but now he was in the fifty class, and
pointing dramatically towards Mr.
Broom, said: "And that's the man
that brought me out of the 8-bushtl
clas." Mr. F. M. Suttou declared
that the demonstration work had
helped him wonderfully, and so did
Hev. J. W. Rowell. Mr. Vernon Ash
craft favored continuing the work
and told about a conversation that
had ensued between him and a
liiend. who said that the demonstra
tor hadn't been to his farm, but had
been worth $50 to him notwithstand
ing. Mr. Sam Belli also' favored con
tinuing the work.
P. W. Plyler took the floor once1
more and said that he could start
out today and get some signers to a
petition to electrocute Jerry Laney by
tomorrow night. This brought ap
plause, Caminlssioner Laney good
nnturoilly Joining in. Mr. B. C. Ash
craft spoke In favor of the work, a'vl
so did J. W. Railings and li. F.
Boasley,
Other Metiers Ilefole Board.
The commissioners were kept pret
ty busy during their morning ses
sions. Bills galore, petitions, washed-out
bridges, damaged bridges nnd
other affair? kept them hustling, Esq.
Henry McQuirter. the old war-horse,
and the guardian of aifairs of Jack
son township, had on his war-paint
vii n he appeared before the board
demanding that some action he tak
en in regard to the condition of the
Peneger bridge, 8 miles from Monroe,
on the Cureton's Ferry road. Four
townships. Monroe, Jackson, Bui'ord
and Sandy Ridge, join at this ticlnt,
and the commissioners -von't Jo any
thing until home of the road supe-nl-sois
patch up the ror.d lending to lira
from the bridge. On account of tin1
fact that the townships join tlKMo.
the supervisors have been throwing
the responsibility on each other. Es .
McWhirter warned (he commissioner
that something must he done prsliy
soon, iis the bridge is in bad shape.
No definite action was taken.
More Bridges in Xeed of Kepair.
Fsi. Zeb Utile, and Esq. G. W.
Smith want the Miridge over Rock
Branch, rear V. T. Hamilton's re-p-tircd.
It is in bad shape th'v say,
and th"y want a good bridge built
while they arc r.t it. They vvnt
something for posterity to remember
them be. they smilingly stated.
Mr. P. C. Stinson also requested
the -biard to repair the bridge over
North Crooked Creek on the Cheraw
road. He averred that It was In bad
shape.
School Tflx Defeated.
IJesults of the special school tnx
tlectiens in the Wa'ker and the B'l
f.ild school districts were report r-d.
Bo'h lost. In the Walker election
30 voters registered, 11 voted for It
and 17 voted against it. In the Btl
fleld district, 31 voters were register
ed, while 12 voted for it, und 8
against it.
Want Bridge Across Rocky ltiver.
Messrs. J. E. Jerome. J. F. Smith
and Q. F. Coble appeared before the
board with the request that they ap
propriate $4 30 for a bridge over
Rocky River at Coble'R nif 1 Stanly
county has already promised a like
sum, and Mr. Coble promised three
hundred dollars by private subscrip
tion. The contemplated bridge would be
on the road between Marshville and
Oakboro. The gentlemen Interested
stated thit they thought that .both
counties would be mutually benefit
ed, and urged the commissioners to
make the appropriation. The board
authorized Commissioner Baucoin to
Investigate the matter.
Covington Succeeds Henderson
Under the Good Roads Act of 1911,
Mr. Gus Henderson was appointed a
member of the Board of Trustees of
the Wilmington-Charlotte Highway.
His term expired recently and he did
not care to stand for reelection. So
when an enthusiastic delegation from
Marshville, composed of Messrs. F. L.
Harrell, J. E. Thomas and Ed M.
Marsh, supplemented by Mr. J. H.
Lee, who acted as spokesman, recom
mended that Mr. C. B. Covington of
Marshville be selected t6 fill the va
cancy, the commissioners were im
pressed, and although they did not
make a definite decision. It Is thought
that the appointment of Mr. Coving
ton is certain.
The delegation euloelzed Mr. Cov-
(Continued on page eight.)
THE STRIKE CALLED OFF
I.ABOU I.F.ADFICS SATISFIED
WITH ACT OF CONGRESS
Tore Hours After the Senate Passed
Fight Hour Bill Strike Lenders
Camelled the Walk Out Orders
President Signed the Hill on Sun
dayThe Country Breathes Freely
Once More ami Everything Seems
Satisfactory.
The dread of a railway strike
which has been hanging over the
country for many weeks was lifted
Saturday night as a result of the
prompt action of eongre.-s in passing
the eight hour bill recommended by
President Wilson. The House pass
ed the bill Friday, the Senate passed
it Saturday, and three hours there
after the brothel hood leaders who
had called the strike sent code mes
sages all over the country annulling
it. President Wilson signed the bill
Sunday morning while on his way to
Kentucky to make a speech.
provisions of Hill.
The bill that stopped the strike
provides that after January 1, l'J17,
eight hours shall be regarded as a
basis of recki.iung lor a day's pay of
men engaged in the operation of rail
road trains in interstate commerce
(excepting roads less than 100 miles
long and electric lines), that they
shall receive pro rata pay for work in
excess of eight hours, and that their
rate of compensation shall not be
changed pending an investigation for
from six to niue months of the effect
of the eight-hour day upon the rail
roads by a commission to be appoint
ed by the President.
Efforts to amend the bill in the
Senate were futile, the supreme ef
fort to alter it having been led by
Senator Undrwood, who sought to
provide that the Interstate Commerce
Commission should have power to tlx
railroad wages and hours of service
In the future. This amendment was
defeated by a vote of 67 to 14.
The Vote On Measure.
Only two Democrats, Senators
Hardwlck, of Georgia, and Clarke, of
Arkansas, voted against the bill, and
one Republican, LuFolktte, of Wis
consin voted for it.
Railroad ofiicials have declared
that tho action ef Congress will cost
them ICO.M'JO.HOO a year in increas
ed wages to the trainmen. Brother
hood officials say the enactment will
meai uot more than an annual in
crease of $20,000,000. In Congress
and among the railroad ofiicials there
has existed doubt as to the consti
tutionality of the law, but what steps,
if any, may be taken to test this has
not been indicated.
Issuance of the orders of cancella
tion followed a meeting of the four
brotherhood heads nnd 13 remaining
members of their committee of 640.
Soup1 opposition to acting before the
President actually had a nixed his
signature was evidenced in the meet
in;;, but in th end the 17 voted
unanimously to ell off the strike im
mediately. All of the rode messages
had been prepared In advance and as
quickly as the decision was announc
ed clerks rushed to telegraph offices
with arm loads of the messages.
No two of the more than COO dis
patches were alike. One of them
nad: "it Is reported that a big lire
is raging in Toronto." Another said:
"There is danger of your house- burn
ing down tomorrow." Even the
brotherhood heads did not know
what all the messages contained, tin
coinppsttion of them having Seen left
to clerks.
A Dramatic Week.
The falling of the gravel on the
passage of the bill in the Senate
marked the end of a dramatic and
precedent breaking week in Congress.
When President Wilson, failing to
bring the railroads and brotherhoods
to nn agreement, turned to Congress
for relief, he made unannounci'd trips
to the Capitol to consult leaders about
appearing before Congress in person
to lay the situation before it. Hurried
arrangements for the ceremony were
made, and the President addressed a
Joint session on Tuesday suggesting
legislation which included the provi
sions of the bill but went much far
ther to provide means of preventing
future differences and for handling
military trains in event of a strike.
President Very Active.
The negotiations In which the agen.
cies of the Federal government were
used to avert the strike began nearly
a month ago, when It became appa
rent that the railroads and the train
men could not agree among them
selves and the United States board of
mediation and conciliation undertook
to adjust the dllferences. Several
days of mediation by members of the
board ended without a solution of the
problem, and the situation narrowed
down to a point where the railroads
were willing to arbitrate some of the
men's demands, but the employes
were not.
Summoned to Washington.
Then came the invitation three
weeks ago to both rides to come to
Washington for conference with the
President.
The four brotherhood chiefs and
the 24 chairmen of the principal local
organizations, as well as the confer
ence committee of railway managers,
which were handllitg the question In
Issue went to Washington at once.
They were uniible to agree on a basis
of settlement and after several dis
cussions at the White House the
summons was sent out for the 640
representatives of the trainmen's or
ganization who were in New York
awaiting the outcome of the negotia
tions and the presidents of some of
the leading railroads to come to
Washington.
Mere than 20 railroad executives
answered the call and at his first
nieetii-g with them President Wilson
suggested as a basis of settlement
the acceptance of the principle of the
8-hour day by the railroads with pay
at pres.-nt rates or ten hours work
and ether questions such as over
time pay be left to an investigating
committee. He put forward also the
Idea that the railroads might be re
compensed for their additional finan
cial burden by an increase in freight
rates.
This proposal was accepted by the
employes but t!ie railroad executives,
holding out for arbitration, took it
under advertisement and negotiations
made Lut little progress for several
days. In the meantime tho Presi
dent summoned to Washington about
40 more executive heads of railroads
and when the matter reached its lin.il
stages there were more than 60 in
Washington.
Railroads Refuse Plan.
The railroad executive's considered
the Fre.-idi nt's plan of settlement for
a week and then notified them they
could not consider endorsement of
the ei'ht-lumr day with ten hc.urs
pay. They offered a counter sug
gestion that a question of wage:: rucli
as they considered this to be. should
be arbitrated, and that pending a de
cision by arbitration board, the rail
road would keep a fund under super
vision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to pay the increased
wage cost if the decision went against
them and the 8-hour day was ap
proved.
The men would not agree to this
and sent out their strike cull. Then
the President put the case in the
hands ol Congress.
UNVEILING OF McXFFI.EY MONT
MK.NT A (Ureal Crowd (fathered Sunday to
W itness Ceremony hv Order of
Woodmen .Many Speeches Made
Body of Mr. McNeeley .Not He.
ro ered.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Monroe, R. F. D. 4, Sept. 3 The
monument erected by the Woodmen
of the World in honor of Consul Ney
Mc.Neeley, which took place at the
new cemetery just opened on ths
farm of Mr. MeNcele-y's father. Sir.
W. R. Mc.Neeley, Sunday afternoon,
brought together the largest crowd
which has been seen anywhere In
this' tect ion in many years. 'The" oc
casion Is one to be long remembered.
Friends of the family and of the de
ceased, who was perhaps the most
popular young man ever reared in
Union county at his age, gathered
from far und near. The inonuineiii
was erected by the Woodmen of
which order Mr. McNeeley was n
member. Its imposing simplicity has
been described heretofore in the
columns of The Journal. The cere
mony was In charge of Mr. W. A.
Shoit for the Woodmen. Impressive
and appreciative speeches were made
by Mr. W. B. Love, former partner
it ri el close friend of the deceased, by
Mr. B. C. Ashcraft, and Dr. S. R.
Belle of Atlanta, uncle of the young
Consul. Miss Kate Tyson read (he
Woodmen poem usually read on such
occasions, "Why Should the Spirit of
Mortal Be Proud?' und Mr. T. M.
Belk of Lr.ncaster read a poem by
Rev. G. W. Belk. uncle of the !e
i cased, in honor of his memory. The
beautiful monument stands in front
of the College Hill school whele Mr.
Mc.Neeley received his early educa
tion. The only ether grave in the
new cemetery Is that of Mrs. .Ve
Neeley, grandmother Mr. Mc
Neeley. who died a few months ago.
The tragic late of Mr. MeNeel-y
will be remembered by all. I!.' lost
his life when on the way to take his
position as United Stales Consul at
Aden, when the English ship, Persia,
was sunk In the Mediterranean Sea
near Alexandria by a German sub
marine. The body was washed ashore
and identified. Some of the personal
articles of Mr. McNeeley wero re
moved nnd sent home but the body
was washed back into the sea and so
far as the family now knows, was
never again discovered.
Mrs. John McAlister of Lancaster
spent last week with relatives in this
community.
Mr. John Railings spent Monday
night of last week with his grand
father, Mr. W. S. Staines.
Messrs. S. H. McNeeley of Buffalo,
N. Y. and G. P. McNeeley of Virginia
are spending their vacations with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
McNeeley.
Mr. J. C. Ross of Marvin visited
relatives here last week.
Mr. Oscar and Miss Stella Richard
son delightfully entertained a num
ber of their friends at a lawn party
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Clawson visited
their daughter, Mrs. T. E. Starnes,
Saturday night.
Esq. S. J. Richardson is visiting
relatives In this community.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Funderburk of
Tradesvllle spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mrs. Funderburk's pa
rents, Mr. and' Mrs. J. G. Flncher.
It seems that there is about to be
an epidemic of dyptherla In this com
munity, these being two new cases
in the home of Mr. II. T. Moser.
Miss Myrtle Winchester of Reho
both has returned home after spend
ing two weeks with her uncle, Mr. J.
II. Richardson.
Misses Connie and Olla Griffin,
who have been visiting at Mr. J. C.
Turner's, will return to their home at
Matthews Wednesday.
Trof. C. M. Moser closed a very
successful singing school at this
place Saturday. Prof. Moser is one
of Bethlehem's young men of whom
she is very proud. He Is making
good in his profession. Frisky.
MR. WILSON OPENS FIGHT
BOLDLY ASSAULTS OPOslTIO
l SPEECH OF ACCFITAXCK
Declares That Uenulit an Party Is a
Praclicul and Moial Failure and
Living In I he Illusion of (,irlius
Ho Is More Interested In F r
tunes of Opii'-stsl M.ii and Piti
ful Wi.n.eii Th. ,n in Any Property
Rights Whatsoever.
On Saturday President Wilson re
ceived formal notice of hi.-, Humilia
tion and made a spenh of acceptance
which will be the leading campaign
document of the year. The ceremony
took place on the porch of the Presi
dent's summer home at Long Branch.
New Jersey, and a crowd of xoon
heard him. In his speech he char
acterized the Republican parly as a
"practical and moral failure," de
fended his Mcxicr.n and European
policies, recited the- legislative
achievements of his adoiinisti.itio?..
and declared for a "big America."
In his speech President Vils a
was unsparing in his criticism ( tl.
Republican parly as a party of "mas
terly inactivity and en, ping reroutve-fiilais.-,
in standing pal to r-sN.
change," and said that old leaders
still select its candidates, but he did
not mention Charles !;. Hughes, the
Republican candidate by name.
Among other things he said:
The Test of the Record.
For I do not doubt thai the peo
ple of the United States will vish
the Democratic party to continue in
control of th Government. They
are not in the habit of rejecting those
who have actually served them for
those who are making doubtful and
conjectual promises cf service. Leat
of all are they likely to substitute
those who promised to render them
particular services and proved false
to that promise for those who have
actually rendered those very services.
Boasting Is always an empty busi
ness, which pleases nobody but the
boaster, und 1 have no disposition to
boast of what the Democratic partv
has accomplished. It has merely
done Its duty. It has merely fulli'lul
Its explicit promises. But there can
be no violation ol good taste in call
ing attention to the manner in which
those promises have been carried out
or in adverting to to the Interesting
fact that many of the things accom
plished were what the opposition
party hud again and again promised
to do but had left undone. Indeed,
that is manifestly part of the busi
ness of this year of reckoning and as
sessment. There is no means of judging the
future except by assessing the p; t.
Constructive action must be weighed
against destructive comment and re
action. The Democrats either have
or have not understood the varied in
terests of the country. The test is
contained in the record.
What Is the Record?
What Us the record? What v. en
tile Democrats called into power to
do? What things had long waited
to be done, and how did the Dem
ocrats do the in ? It is a record of
extraordinary length ami variety,
rich in elements of many kinds, but
consistent in principle throughout
and susceptible of brief recital.
The republican party was put out
of power bcea'.vv of failinc, prac'ical
failure and moral fail-ire; because it
bad served special iu'cic.-ts and not
the ("iin'ry at large; le-ciu-', under
Hip leadership ol ps prelerrecl and es
tablished guides, el those who still
make its choices, it hail 1.-st touch
with the ttienghis and the n.i'd' ef
the- Nation ami was living in a past
age and under a !ie d illusloa, i;.e il
lusion c.f greatness.
It had framed tariff laws bas.l
upon liar of foreign trade, a fun
damental doubt as to Ami'iican skill,
enterprise nnd capacity, and a very
I nd r regard f ir the pn litabb' priv
ileges of those who bail gained con
trol of domestic markets and domest
ic credits; and yet had enacted anti
trust laws which hampered the very
things they meant to foster, which
were stilt' und inelastic, and in part
unintelligible.
It hud perniitt-'d the count r
throughout the long period of its
control to stagger from one financial
crisis to another under the operation
of a national banking law of its own,
framing which made stringency and
panic certain and the control of the
larger business operations of the
country by the bankers of a few re
serve centres Inevitable; had made as
It meant to reform the law but hud
faint-heartedly failed in the attempt,
because it could not bring itself to do:
the one thing necessary to make the
reform genuine and effectual name
ly, break the control of small groups
of bankers.
Republicans I ml i tie-rent to the Toilers
c.f all Classes.
It had been oblivious or Indifferent
to the fact thnt the farmers, upon
whom the coutry depends for its
prosperity, were without standing in
the matter of conii.i-r- lal credit.with
out the protection of standards In
their market transactions, and with
out systematic knowledge of the mar
kets themselves; that the laborers of
the country, the great army of men
who man the Industries it was pro
fessing to father and promote, carried
their labor as a mere commodity to
market, were subject to restraint by
novel and drastic process in the
courts, were witout assurance of com
pensation for industrial accidents,
without Federal assistance in accom
modating labor disputes, and without
national aid or advice In finding the
places and the Industries in which the
labor was most needed.
The country had no national system
of road construction and develop
ment. Little intelligent attention was
paid to the army and not enough to
the navy. The other republic-it of
America distrusted us because- they
found that we thought first of the
;prolits or Ame rican investors and only
as an afterthought of impartial jus
tice and helpful friendship, its policy
jwas provincial in all things; its pur
j poses were out -f hi.r-.iory with ihe
I people .end the time ly eievciopmel t of
; the Nation's in:e re -1 -.
t BeisiiK-ss s-l Free . Move as it Never
j .Moved lie-lore.
I So things stie-d wh-the D i iociat
i ic party came ir.to p-.xv-r. Row cl
I they stand now? A'il;' in die doirtes
jtic field ard -) the vv.ele ncid m tl-e
'come,-lee of the- vvi-;i.. A-nci ici'li
.business and life ind-.-.-tiy have- been
'set free to move as to.y ve ; moved
before.
j The tariff has been ie, d, not on
tthe principle ef repelling foreign
I trade, bin upon the pi ;ni ! of eti
' e mir:.gln! li. upon s.iinei!i".u' like a
I footing of equality w ith our own in
jie-p ei e; ,. a riiis e.l coinpi thion.
.ii a I'.uin' llir.u-cl has ! en created
whose function it will be to k-e-ri the
relation
A n.erie a u .
ii.i'astry und.
h foreign
r constant
lb:
-s ale
oh. rva'ion, for the guidance ;;!il c- of
our business men and of our Con
gress. Aim rican energi . s at now
di reeled toward the markets o," the
world.
Tiie lavs against trusts htiv been
clarified by : Mnition, with u view to
making it plain that they were not
directed agiinst big busine s hut only
against unfair business and 1'ie pre
tense of competition when t i; r" was
none; and a trade comn i sion has
been created with powers of ':H!.inc;
and accommodation which have re
lieved business men of unfounded
fears and set them upon the ur.d of
hopeful and confident enteip:i.e.
Upholds American People in llie-ic
Atteinpl In (iain Liberty.
The people of Mexico have not been
'suffered to own their own country or
direct their c.vn institutions. Outsid
ers, men out of other n.iiio: s uud
with interests too ofte n fille-n 1 their
own, have dictated what their privi
leges and opportunities should be and
who should control t!:eir i.ind, their
lives, and their resources some- of
llu-m Ame ricans, pressing for things
they could never have got In theii
own remit iv.
The Mexican people are " Med to
exempt their liberty ircii : i'ch in
fluences; and so long as I Lave any
thing to. do with the action of our
great Government I shall do every
thing in my power to prevent any otic?
sftindins in their way.
1 know that this is haul ;'i r some
persons to understand; but it is not
hard for the plain people of th- Unit
ed States to understand. I is hard
doctrine only for those who wish t-i
get something for thcmselv ;-s cut. of
Mexico.
There are men, nnd rob!-- women
too, not a few, of our own eoplo,
thank God. whose fortunes nic invest
ed in great properties in M-xi.o, who
yet see the cs.se with trii vl.-ioti and
assess its issue wiili tin-- AMcrie-uu
feeling. Th- icst can be i-;t fi.-r '!,.
I re. r.t out of tin nckoning until
this e-n.-lsv-l peoiJe ha-; !;.;d ils day
of struggls toward the lh:li!.
I have heaid no one who v,n free'
from such luilueiiecs propose inler-fet-nice
by Hi- Ui'i'nl St.-' -.Hi the"
internal affairs of Mexico. Certainly
no friend ef the Mexican people has
proposed it.
Revolution in Mexico Ril,.; Ilm-itm
Called a Traitor.
The people of th" United Sia'es arc?
capable of great syme -,i s and a
noble pity in dealing with problems
of this kind. As their spoke -man und
representative, I have tried to net in
the spirit they we u!d wis!', i.ie to
show.
The pc-cple of Mexico are striving
for thi- rights that ar-.-- i'lndai.icntal
to life und happiness 1 .Vonn.lMO op
pressed men, overburdened women
and pitiful children in virtual bund
age in their own home of lertile land
and Inexhaustible treasure! Some of
the leaders of the revolution may oft
en have been mistaken and violent
and selfish, but the revolution itself
whs inevitable und is right.
The unspeakable Huerta betrayeil
the very comrades he served, traitor
ously overthrew the Government oC
which he was a ti ustcd part, impu
dently spoke for the very force.: that
had driven his people to the rebellion
with which he had pretended to sym
pathize. The men w ho overcame him
and drove him out represent at least
the fierce passion of reconstruction
which lies t the very heart of liber
ty, and so long as they represent,
however Imperfectly, such a struggle?
for deliverance, I am ready to server
their ends when 1 can.
So long as the power of recognition
rests with me, the Government of tho
United States will refuse to extend
the hand of welcome to any one who
obtains power In a sister republic by
treachery and violence. No perma
nency can be given the affairs of any
republic by a title based upon intrigue
and assassination.
I declared that to be the policy of
this Administration within threy
weeks after I assumed tlie Presiden
cy. I here again vow it. I am more
interested in the fortunes of oppress
ed men and pitiful women and chil
dren than in any property rights
whatever. Mistakes 1 have no douW.
made In this perplexing buriness, but
not in purpose or object.
Aliens Injected Disloyalty Into Our
American Affairs.
The seas were not broad enough to
keep the infection of the conflict oat
of our own polities. The pajsions and
Intrigues of certain active groups and
combinations of men among us who
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