, 1881-04-17
GUAYMAS, MEX.

RsHS1IaekS.f1r09pefta III sonora ana Gil l.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. upo., The Eur
chase OF Public Lands-The Tariff
Railroad ati-Con~tructIon.
/ Speesdl Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune
GCAl,lAs, Mex, March 3l.-Slnce the com
11cncing Ut the Sonora Railroad, 4 good dea
Of attention has been directed to this State
ami particularly to Guaymas, as numerous
letters Of inquiry would prove, as well as the
Increased Immigration from the United
| States. The security which this State has
1 enjoyed from political disturbances for the
last two ycars-exceptiny the tilibusterint,
raids Of Marquee and Brigido Reyes, which
| were checked III the bud--has also induced
many Son0rans who had enlisrated some
| years ago to come back, ami the papers in
this State record each new return with JOY.
/ Guaytnas. which used to be very dull, is
awakening frou1 her sleep, and matters are
! beginning to assume an encouraging aspect;
| and though it would be still i.uprudeut ar
this early stage Of progress to advise inlfni-
! grafton to the artisan classes, there is but
little doubt that n short time hence this
place, as well as tile whole State, will be
fitting field for the mechanics of many diff
fcrent llandicrafts. As for people with capi-
tai, there are immediate Openings for them
Which will turn outeulillently favorable, such
as Investments in mines, real estate, water
works. street-rallrDati concessions, etc. At
present the only employers are the Railroad
Company. and their need Of skilled labor can
easily be filled from that class Ut Uneasy splr-
its who always act as the vanguard OF Il large
Immigration, whose ventulcsunIt spirit will
rut allow thelD to earn living comfortably
Ut home, but rather causes them to plunge
into the unknown.
Many very r1rh, silver mines are being
klff hye ft1c II 4
capital, and many more will soon be opened.
Amongst them would mention the Barranca
Mines-one OF which las already Produced
81, SOL, ,00o-and the Mi,,as Pret,s. In Chi
being worked; and that State will follow the
lead Ut Sonora in the road to progress. Land
has lately been taken up in large quantities
li Sonora; ana ere long it will te in1possible
except barren :tnd desert stretches nntit for
anything. In connection With this, it will
nut oe uninterestlng to your readers to Know |
that no American citizen eau take up, or |
Sonoa "s a aad any IN the e ses;hsfn S:ss
MEXICAN States. bordering on Guate-
mala, no citizen Of that Republic can
take uD public land. This fact is |!
x;ca R2s gensfay ayt;el snoWa &c fha eyxn BY thy
Sonora and Chihuahua, and leads t" trouble
at times. Citizens Of all other nations enjoy |
the right to s''denounce'' land, the same as
Tue nat1Fe OF Tue SOIL. ana, Ill all the States
which are not bordering OIL the Uni1ed |
States, an American has the self-salne rights |
as the others. This applies also to the
Guatenalean.-the exception in his case !
being the States bordering on Ills country.
But citizens Of the United States are not
prohibited from buying Lind i'll the northern
border States fruiu private parties, except in
9 belt OF twenty leagues pt!jnining the United
States, where no foreigner whatever can
law gives the President Of Mexico the right
to permit foreigner to take up. or de
presentations are made to hiul; but in no case
American, though a few parties of other ma
[ionalities have been thus favored This |
twenty-league restriction exists also in the |
south, OIL the land adjoining Guatemala. |
4 matter which often causes trouble, also, !
S the euuiyocal way in which the Custoin-
Louise tariff, or "Arancel," Is wuruetl
'Frong manifestation on the Consular in-
'Olce ensueS through il, and results III the
IMPOSING OF many double duties and vexa-
lUus aid oner0us fines, which have hitherto
lone much to discourage American traue.
The Custonl-llOuse officers Of Mexico are
furthermore instructed that they are COIN
,ellcu to follow the letter Of tie law instead |
# its spirit, and. when they could easily mr. I
ange 4 matter alnicably it allowed. they are /
'ruhlbited from doing so, and the matter is
eterred to Mexico, where it may die III old
&c. Many people believe that all kinds of !
ni'nals can be Imported free OF duty into I
lexic;,: and this is true, except in
he case Of eelded horses, which
lust pay duty Of $50 each. t