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...Obregon may not realize it, he has given to this country the greatest weapon of influence in Mexico that it has yet had in its possession. By inculcating in these students American ideals and methods of though, these various colleges can exert a very wholesome, though somewhat long-distance control of affairs south of the border. It will take time for the effect to become evident, but if the embryo statesmen are given the proper attention and treatment, a gringo tinge will surely appear in the actions of the Mexican government before many years have passed...
...arise, of which the crop is unfailing. The man who lives among others, no matter in what business he is engaged, has constant occasion to inquire what are his rights and what are his obligations to his fellow-citizens, what are the rules which the community has established to control his action, and what will happen to him if he breaks them. The automobilist needs to know what the law requires of him. The farmer who is selling fruit or vegetables must learn how his apples must be graded. The young man who is to be married must find...
...question of the relation of employers to employees is that they may be only permitted to deal with each other in such a way that they will not interfere with the rights of the public such as the maintenance of satisfactory public services. There is as much reason to control labor unions as corporations and to establish open shops everywhere. The right to organize has a negative as well as an affirmative side. If the union first, the United States second' is the watchword, and if a man cannot get a job unless he joins a union, even although...
...railroads and other transportation systems in the country must, in my opinion, ultimately come under government control," said Edwin F. Ladd, United States Senator from North Dakota and the only representative of the Non-Partisan League in the Senate...
...attempt to pay their semi-annual dividends, for, in my opinion, they will be absolutely powerless to do so--lay-offs and cuts in expenses notwithstanding. It will be by this first definite sign of weakness that the country in general will be awakened to the need of governmental control...