The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-01


his estates In DURANGO Offering them each house and
hot rent free, weekly allowances Of provisions without
charge and guarantee OF work at fair wages Tor h'e
eratuity Of SIS 600 the community and present u
each family Of q yoke Of oxen.
Mr. en- Of Guadaajara, invites twenty Belgian families
10 his ghy improved and well stocked hacienda offer
ing them onehaf Of for cultivation ON shares he IND
ing the stock seed and cattle, and the colontss abe
labor He offers also folks and herds, from when 70
Other enlightened and liberal minded land owners Of
the empire have offered their estates for colonization ON
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ABROAD CONCERNING rEHoo.
Many false impress ions have taken root abroad about
Mexico and the Mexans These operate greatly TO our
disadvantage, inasmuch they stumbling blocks In
the mind OF tho stranger, and tend to discourage mml-
The world knows Mexico country that for the last
half century has been tossed by revolution Many ms
caames told by her enemies have come TO regard
the whole land "Godiorsaken country" Inhabited
by bsoted, iberal and inhospitable people, while in
fact part OF the world boast OF more refined So
ciety more elegant hospitality than that winch s 70
be found in certain parts Of the empire
The Mississippi Valley, even in its palmest days co99
not boast any plantation that could compare IN baronia
spcndor lordly magnifcence and princey hospitality
your Mexican hacienda that has escaped the ravages
of war The halls Of some OF them large enough 10
entertain and have entertained several hundred guests
On some Of these you will find wc appointed schools
for the education OF the children Of the dependents at
the expense of the proprietor churches built and capes
maintained by the munacent bounty; hospitals
the SICK the old servants pensoned and all
the operations OF the carried upon scale and
18th expenditures followed by remuneratye revenues
such as but few farmers in Virginia or France can
boast OF.
But oil parts OF the country are not So
For more than Atty years Mexico has been constantly
torn by faction scourged by war, and she has
reaped abundanty Of the harvests which always
spring from such seedsforced loans and contrbut ions
upon the rch gevous burdens upon the poor the spirit
Of enterprise in many departments OF the empire well
entire regions parayzed and capital Itself frightened OF
into its hiding places.
ABsESrEEIsM.
Such state OF things long continued, in any coun.
try tobe followed by general absenteeism from
their estates Of the large land owners This is emineny
The effect of this absen,eesm IL expressed upon the
landscape, and proclaimed by deserted mansions, neg
ected plantations and other signs OF and decay, In
tones that fall sadly upon many heart Many Of these
fine estates with the walls OF their noble old mansions
still standing, now offered for snle and settlement at
prices varying from few cents 10 few dollars per
They in the most choice parts Of the country
and would IL restored TO cultivation embesh the land
with beautiful mosaic Of the most lovely garden spots
that tho world ever saw.
With the immigrant coming to Mexico il is not with
the emigrant bound to the FAR Vest in the United
Here be comes for the most part to reclaim from ruin
and the ravages of Plantations tina, were
garden spots invite his coming He may pitch his tent
the verge Of highly cultivated districts from which
he draw his supplies until the bountiful earth yield
ing to his own good husbandry shall yield him Of her
And this the soil OF Mexico under climates
that have no winter, will do In two or three months
One of the finest haeendas Of the wasted districts is
sale. IL abandoned six eight years
ago in consequences Of revouiiou the proprietor died.
and IL has not since been restored 10 cultivation. It
The dwelling house alone cost $500 600 This hacienda
large enough TO accommodate forty fifty families
with farms OF thousand acres each. II now he
had for less than Eve dollars the acre and after the first
payment, on long time 10 suit purchasers.
Other hacendas that are open TO the choice and seec
ton Of the immigrant arc much larger
Two, containing each than three thousand square
miles, have been offered BY the propretos for colonxa
ton.
know NJ no country in which the land is held by so
n" -" UGH large srncta
ton; II appears to have deprived MEXICO entirely OF
what other countries consider their bone and sinew
their NOBLE enteprsing, energetic hard working middle
Some political economists divide society In Mexico into
but two cassss-tns upper and .lover.and out Of 9
are said 70 belong 70 the latter.
gSpuCExYxn osYxxEp roRE0S CAPITAL AND LABOR
their lead desire 10 heal the breach rapidly. For this
purpose, foreign labor capital and skill have been In
sd 70 our hsy s1Ss Of s
and best means OF restoring the equilibrium Of the
sses and Of giving 10 this country and 10 institutions
stability and force which essential 70 the full
development Of 10 vast powers capabilities and re-
sources
This county is now in better state 70 receive nm
grants than IL has been for many years
port aud the armed ofgaaizs.ion against l. broken Up
into factonsi,s head and leader, President Juarcz
But now with The dawn Of happy era Of peace at
last before her Mexco after half century OF continued
state and ha imisrsn,s VINO wish 70 cast their lot With
her auspc,ous future must bring with them something
moro than brawny Arms and stout besrss They must
forget those appliances Of Industry those labor
saving machines and improved modes OF husbsndyy
which scientific SKIN and mechanical ingenuity, under
the blessings Of stable government and long continued
peace have other paris OF the world brought to such
perfection
Thara IN Nth Ciur fur me
ohanics and OF al sorts we'll for agricultu
rs labor and scientific skill Roads are TO be repaired
and made, bridges restored, ms-grist and saw-to he
erected dwelling houses TO be repaired built machine
shops and all those establishments which are essen.
tai In the agricultural economy OF other countries, will
Immigrants VINO come to Mexico. from whatever
country, will be warmly welcomed in many parts They
will meet with open hostility anywhere, except from
the hands Ct the lawless.
To resist them aud 70 have The full benefit Of ell those
oonvenencessach as mills aud other establishments
Just alluded and which every well ordered agricutu-
raj community requires-n desirable that the immi-
grants should come In bodies and form settlements Of
Looking TO this, the decree Of September S invests
them with semi military organization, and they are
robbers Who however rarely attack where resistance Is
expected
Trotestants will be drawn into communities also for
the sako Of schools AID churches. Moreover public
interests require that each settlement should be largo
enough fairy 70 develop the whole system o. domestic
social and Agricultural economy OF the country whsncs
For this purpose each settlement should be large
enough 10 support and grst mls snyards, black
smiths and the various other artisans ana
machnists VITO, In the pursuit Of their calling contr
butte TO tbs requirements OF modern agriculture wh al
of its improvements.
ADVICE 70 VoRussxss sxrruxo ~ nsxsoo.
ho,s . sun .noshs, rs..Sn , -hy nmsrsns from a.. =.
sstu mens Of their own, and that reason Ia enc Of Ian
guage. farmer coming 70 Mesico, ignorant Of The
language ignorant Of the customs Of the country sud
Of Che Hts Of wager and ssftlint down among neigh
born alfsspcaking into him-an unknown tongue
would mad himseR surrounded BY smbanassmsots, none
Of which would exst IN Q settlement made up Of hIs
old ne sbbou, kinsmen and frieuds
II would be we'll therefore, for each colony 70 bring
with . large portion of ia own labor
The lands NJ Mexico have never bseA surveyed, nos
has there been. until nov, land once
The consequence " that the eOvsrnment cannot tell
which lands pubic and which private and though
the chief Of the land once vgorousiy 81 work organ
ixnG surveying parce sending them forth into the