OH, SHOOT! 



is the best way to pacify Mexico. Bullets 

 would do it, but dollars would do it equally 

 well, perhaps better. Mexico needs money. 

 She is financially discredited; her obligations 

 are unpaid; her industries are starving; she 

 is bled white. She needs new blood, new life. 

 I believe a half dozen of our strong bankers 

 could restore law and order below the Rio 

 Grande more quickly and more lastingly than 

 an equal number of veteran overseas divisions. 

 Given money to work with and given honest, 

 wise men to handle the spending of that 

 money, she can pacify her own rebellious ele- 

 ments, subdue her outlaws and Indians, and 

 enjoy a general housecleaning. Whether she 

 would tolerate American supervision of that 

 sort, whether she would permit outsiders to 

 step in and apply honest efficiency methods 

 in her departments, is another matter. After 

 talking with thoughtful students of the sub- 

 ject, I know there are some who believe she 

 would and if matters don't mend she may 

 have no choice. The idea is worth thinking 

 about. 



When she does find herself, when she be- 

 comes once more a safe and agreeable place in 

 which to live and to do business, she will 



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