Mexico and the Money Power
THE Mexican correspondent to the Christian Herald says: "No sooner was Madero deposed than a large factory in Pueblo cut ten per cent from the salaries of its employees. Complaint was made, and capital replied: 'Take what is given and be grateful. The day will come when you will be glad to work for a crust.' Labor replied by burning the factory." Another sentence from th's correspondent says, "No right to think, no right to live," seems to be the policy of the present administration, since not more than five days ago (from the date of writing) forty men found talking together were accused of plotting, and shot ere the morning light." There seems to be an undercurrent of conviction that much of this trouble in Mexico is occasioned by a strife among rival capitalists, rather than among the people themselves. Certain moneyed interests are fanning the flames of revolution and keeping them going. Of course the absolute evidence of this it is difficult to get hold of, because such things are always done under very thick covering; but we know, as a general rule, that wars are caused by one of two things,—either some religious controversy or religious fanaticism, or else some one of the many phases of advancing commerce. We know that in this case it is not a religious war, and commerce is more than likely at the bottom of it. The statement from the Herald's correspondent seems to strengthen this conviction. If men would seriously analyze the things of this and a similar character that are in progress throughout this world, they would have but very little difficulty in seeing that the world is not getting better as so many blinded guides would try to have us believe.