Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-01
EASTERN DISPATCHES
NIXIO0.
what General Grant and Jay Gould
Say Regarding the Present and
Future Prospects Of that Country.


NEW Yozx. March la representa-.
tive Of the Herald interviewed General
Grant yesterday in which the General
thus gave his views regarding Mexico
I sball leave here about the 7th, stop at
Chicago to sec my son and .. 81. Louis
to sec some friends, and then to Calves
ton to bs in Mexico shortly after. am
anxious to do all I oan to forward the
development. and especially the railroad
development Of Mexico. We have .
great work In Strengthening and dsvsl-
opisg the Republic. I have long had
this at heart, and have had . deep In
tsrest In MEXICO ever since I was there
a. . young officer during the Mexican
war. Tho only interest I have 10 Mex.
loo IL q National ous-a desire to do the
best for the two Rspublios. "n I went
to Washington 1t ALL" continued Gen.
ersl Grant, cit would b 70 AJAX Congress
TO do an act Of justice TO Japan, and TO
remove that stain from the honor Of the
United States. I mean 70 return to
Japan II the indemnity w exactsd In
What In called the Simoneski AFFAIR 10
returned. Il will take time 70 develop
Mexico. but then improvement 10 certain
TO come. There 10 more money for
NJ % Q nation In selling the ~necsssariss
Of lie, not the luxuries. We want
TO send Mexico ~calicos. not Cincinnati
champagne We want to sell them
plows, not pianos -. the pianos will
come BY and by. How will the
Msxicans receive this American railroad
invasion OF their oountryf II 10 the
thing OF all things they most desire; bot
the Mexicsns are Q jealous. suspicious
race. Will they not look on an Amer.
can railroad 40 q preparation for another
invasionf The Mexican statesmen en-.
terrain no such ideas. In this whole
Mexican question. 80 far a. / an con-
cerntd, there 10 little sentiment com.
mingled with the business side Of II.
We do not want any more territory. We
have Just a. much O. We q manage.
We do not want Canada On the north or
Mexico on che South. Az q Republic,
our duty, Il seems to me, is to assist Q
slater Republic. When Mexico 10 crossed
by railroads. when telegraph lines bring
its rsmotest points into immediate COM
munication, there will be no more rsvo-
~lutiops, there will bs An end Of pronun-
cismsntos. The politicians Of oil parties
In Mexico today look TO the development
OF Ito railroads and industrial resources
ss the certain, almost the only means OF
saving to the people their freedom"
Reporter-You believe In Mexioof
General GRANTEES. I have very great
faith In II. It 10 madness on our part to
throw away ssoh an opportunity OF ben.
citing ourselves. I have an idea that
when our lines are built Mexico will be.
como q sort OF o winter resort. The
climate IL delicious; not, Of course,
around Vera Cruz.
jay Gould, In an interview on that
and other subjects. said I: Mexican
mining industries are ct Q stand.stin to-
day, because Of the absence OF maohin.
cry they cannot be worked Of . profit,
but the treasure 10 still there, and It
needs only courage. opportunity aud
oontrivance TO get Il out. Lock to Nee.
loo, mot to Nevada. for the bonanzas OF
Of the future" In answer to the ques.
ton, "If the Panama canal should DO
completed would It pay ." Mr.. Gould
replied "In my opinion, no. The
business across the Isthmus and across
the continent will be done BY railroads,
not by canals. should hate TO invest
in Lesssps' enthusiasm. When I 60
into q thing I want dividends. I see no
dividends In the slluripa prospeotuses
Of the fascinating Frenchmsn. II .
canal across the continent is at oil feast.
bic the Nicaragua route 10 the trus one,
at least In my judgment"