Show MEXICO I During the late campaign the people heard more of Mexico its people and I Its resources than they ever heard before I I fore In all their lives It is true that they heard this because that county was used as an illustration of the effects I ef-fects of free slIver upon the development develop-ment of the country and the consequent conse-quent effect upon the condition of the people Too much was made of 1exi1 I cos example both by those who favored fa-vored free silver and by those who were opposed to It But the use of Mexico as an illustration illus-tration did one thing it familiarized the American people with the country I I and its capabilities We have come j I I I to recognize that it is in and of itself i a great country and that ts people area I a progressive people Most Americans j I I have looked upon Mexico as standing I where it did 50 years ago The old 1 school histories conveyed the impression that Santa Ana was a fiend in human l f 1 1 ltt I form when in reality he was a patriot pa-triot It is quite within bounds to ay that Mexico has advanced much 1 further In all respects than our American I Amer-ican ideas of the country and its people peo-ple have Mexico borders us on the south and our relations with it should not merely be friendly but intimate Already we i I import from there almost as much as I England France Germany Spain and all other countries do while Mexicos I exports to the United States are more I than to all other countries put together i This commerce between the two countries j coun-tries thould and will increase it Is for I the benefit of both and the more it increases I 1 I in-creases the greater will be the benefits Trade relations with Mexico should be as friendly as trade relations between I the various states of the Union 1 We do not believe it would be wise for Americans to go to Mexico in I search of employment it isnt there for them But we believe it is a good country for the investment of American Amer-ican capital the capital that Leeks investment in-vestment In those great enterprises that first open a countrys resources It is a good country to cultivate closer trade relations with for at no distant day It will be a great countrv One of the best results of the recent campaign of education was the knowledge knowl-edge it gave the American people of Mexico |