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social and political progress in the United States, he never
visited our country and his orientation was largely European.
Yet the program of reform which he instituted and carried through
to fruition has been widely proclaimed as the first "New Deal" for
the common man in the Americas and it won for him the distinction
of being the greatest man in modern Uruguayan history.
During his first term in office, Batlle y Ordoñez occupied
himself almost exclusively in putting down factional insurrection
and in laying the groundwork for a sound, stable government. At
its conclusion he obeyed the constitutional mandate against two
successive terms and retired from office.
Elected for a second term in 1911, he embarked upon a far-
reaching program to implement his passionate belief that the
purpose of government is to achieve the greatest good for the
greatest number. Batlle was antagonistic to the development of
Uruguay by foreign capital and he stated his opposition in this
fashion:
"From the point of view of the national economy, a wasteful
administration by the State is always preferable to the efficient
management of an industry by foreign enterprise."
In much the same way, Batlle was opposed to domestic develop-
ment by private capital and his main emphasis always was on the
creation of quasi-governmental corporations to operate industrial
enterprises.
During his second term of office, Batlle y Ordoñez proposed
the adoption of these measures by Constitutional process: state
monopoly of insurance, state monopoly of electric light and power,
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