Carl William Ackerman, Mexico's dilemma — Appendix D (1918)
“ To establish a nucleus upon which all American interests may centre and present a united front not only toward internal problems of trade, but also, through intercourse with chambers of commerce in the United States, toward the attitude of a great body of American manufacturers who, by reason of misinformation and by inaction, are imperiling their hold on a market which under all economic laws should be inalienably theirs. ”
Carl William Ackerman, Mexico's dilemma — Appendix D (1918)
“ I am adding the official statement of the American committee so that the reader may see what the full plans of the Americans are. In so doing I wish to add that contrary to the oft repeated charges in the United States that all Americans and foreigners in Mexico were exploiting the people I found that those Americans in Mexico to-day are the same high type men who are a credit to the United States business world. ”
Carl William Ackerman, Mexico's dilemma — Appendix D (1918)
“ Some committees would be of more immediate importance than others, but time would be saved for the future by appointing the most of them at once and getting their work started. Interest among merchants, manufacturers and financiers in the United States toward Mexico, although latent now, is widespread and will become active as soon as the European war closes or the situation clears further in Mexico. ”
