Show A PRECEDENT FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY Secretary of State Hoot Is now on a mission that promises to ho of great Importance to the United States and to all the Hepuhllcnns on the western hemisphere It Is a great departure from a j J long established custom for a cabinet officer to visit neighboring countries and discuss with their 1 administration International affairs but the present t pres-ent administration at Washington euros very lit tau about precedents so long as the thing con templated to ho done Is for the good of the 1 country Mr Hoot Is a man of practical Ideas and x ll since ho became the premier of the administra tlon ho has been looking Into the matter of ex tending United States trade to the countries to R I tha south of us Ho has been Impressed with the Ivy Idea that there IH a big market in Central and h INN South America that Is In danger of being monop plized by foreign countries and which naturally ought to belong to the merchants and manufacturers of this country One reason that the people of the United States are not getting their share of that market a prejudice that exists among the Central and South American republics against this country Mr Hoot has gone down on visit a to our sister republics for the purr pose of persuading them that wo are their hest friends and that they should look to the United States rather than to old European nations for commer coal as well as political friendship It will bo Mr Hoots purpose also to inquire as to whether Germany and Great llrltnln are trying to make any headway In the politics of those countries ns they are doing in their com urn ce Ho hopes by personal contact with members of the administration to strengthen the oldfashioned American Monroe doctrine which deules the right of European governments to acquire any more territory on this homls phoi e |