, 1880-11-27
TIE FUTURE OF MEXICO.
Gehs Tarsonhs Lecture On the Prospect
Opened Up by Recent Railway Com


Gen. Parsonh' Lecture On tho Prospect
Opened Up by Recent Hallway Com
cesklous.
St,y Iurs 1rorla Nor. H.
Gen. ". II. Earsolls, OF Texas, formerly Of
tho Confederate nriny, aad WHO has since de-
vuted mncll tlnu to the study IF the mineral
Mid horticultural wealth OF Mexico, lis mt
ura1 lines Ut development and the yal,,c of
more intimate commercial and polIttcnt rea-
tEomshiu hctwcen Mexico anu, the United
States, fecturett In the hNtl Of the Cooper
Cnio!, lust eyHnfng Oh Mexico: Its Con-
!nerclul md 3linsltg Resources md KaiIrUnd
ueye!upM,vnt.'' lla !irst st,bke Of tht ti,ruu
general levels into wllc!, Mexico Is dlyllrl--
n s1ss' 1 s,S, the afsns m y; btwf ;Sa s ss ,h'nh S
1urin tie ilost extensive urea ald llave
thc most sHlubrlu1.s climate, md the
nDle-lgi1as innre t'lnn 4,9lo teet above lilo
ST.; ssni ", Mlt,lll y tho nro Of few leag,es le
from, t;at VI thy troi'ic to Tint u the ftigA
zolic. The vNriety llld abundant grow, Of
every kliid Of fruit and vegetable arc nnsur-
as,,, iass,sa: Mextco {nses Spontaneously MI THO
almost BY thy Side. OF tae innst luxuriutt
tropic vegetation. Her tobacco and sttgar
nre better than those 0f Cuba, atti lter cUt1ec
y supe,Ior 10 @ tl!at of brazIl. Jler cotton Is
Inns nggrcgatc,l over S5,00 90 000, and her
annual internal commerce amounts to S5tW,-
ooo,og, Utmost TUG whole Of which is trims
Iorted oll n!e bncks 9t mules. Of her $780,
twenty-.thirtl par,!tel ot latitude, leaving the
great Northern Suites but bparsely austled.
Jlcre y the 9utGronpIng u the great mineral
backbone uf ille conlEnent, tho veins Ut
one goes south alu north. Here tho richest
Of tho N[cXicAtl lnlIes have existed. but
sincc the grent uprising OF The AE.rllpg l,car
the middle Of tllo, lust century, hundreds
Slf t1h Of pn1tA
have remained In ruins, and tile Richest veins
yet retslaln unexplorctt. The commerce Of
Imports, slsooU,ooQ: Sixty. years litter It was
Sio, ,o?Juoo md her imports s:l,00oO00t OF
whlcI, latter Great britain sent Sl50UpO0O
Franee S3,HN,0o0, a,lu tho Uuited States but
SG'0oo,oo, Ia seven years We have Imported
md tho WeSt Indies, md layeexpurted but
$:aaf!!, O9o. .oU t'lticr ~ uio same Time wc
lave Impaired fron1 Mexico s0j.00o,O 600 mud
exported sD,oU.oo. Mexico Gnu furnish III
proper transportation facilities Gclween us
md Afexlrna baailge IF sraaa against ,ls Of
$l:'WD,0N annually cnuia b., wiped 0ut.
The Vera Cruz 4 Ncx5rt. lsaI!roatl Is nut
bors Of Mexico, both east ailt west, aro inuro
r0atlstcals, uEyNfe III rtiugtl weather. Tho
natural means vi lll,llcAtfUn are overland
The two i.n't'ltat1, ranges II Mexico spread
tHHNttaS thG sitfsh AhS II ~ iGltf4HN MI ILL.,
nlDst level table-tuntl from Santa ia tv tic
City OF Mexico md almost to Panama. dc
srnp.nei.t MI this continent ltaS been OFT par
nilcl lines Of latitude. The development anil
progress Ut tho future Is to be on longtt!,lI-
mi lines, to tbs south. lnu can reacl, tlle
CITY VI McXica tU-ttMy via Galveston alul VetN
aLnt il four Iays YOU cai, Sny i ticSSct
|hllrtct via the Atcl,fson & Topeka l.nu for
tho l'eadwaters of tho Gull Of California,
along the coa8t Of which, extending south .iXl
miles, lies the Italy Of America. And In less
tlin'l two ytars sou eau 60 tO the Moxicun
Capital by rail. Thence concessions have
been lnadu for railroads extending nGrti,.
south, east, md west, a,,tl, when these roads
nre completed, Mexican revolutions BECOME
impossible, .a.ll with direct lilies from tllp
City OF Mexico yin Kansas City to G}Ilc,tVl
and yIa New Orleans u New York, tic sistar
Republics become what t1loy long ago should
have bce'. mutual assistants to each other
a,ul eellentel By the closest bonds VI fytent{-
ship. Then all border troubles on tho Kio
Grande will lsayo ceased."