Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-17
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munieation was dated from Quay.
mas, and 1t gave correct picture Of
that section Of Mexico. Though,
for months pact. large railway
operations have been carried on In
the neIghborhood Of Guaymas, that
somnolent village seems to show
not . sign OF life. There has an
qusstlsnably been Q great deal Of
criminal Misrepresentation about
Mexico and her attractions to the
Eastern investor. That General
Grant has been largely instrument
ri in this work cannot be gainsaid.
He has lent the aid Of his great per-
sonal prestige to the creation Of q
fond and fallacious belief that Mex
Toe is the very Hesperides of mod
ern speculation, and that golden
apples are to be found there on
every hand. AS matter Of fact,
not only individual Americans but
the representatives OF American
corporations encounter q very hos
tile and discouraging experience in
our neighboring Republic. The
impsdiments which Col. Morley,
the agent of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe railway at Guaymas,
has had to struggle with, are such
as to excite the indignation Of all
persons who love fair-play. Hero
is an attempt being made, in good
faith, to develop the quite que
tionable resources Of a country,and
that effort. instead of meeting u
hearty sympathy and spontaneous
cooperation, is really frowned
upon. As to the Northern States
Of Mexico, 1t can be assumed, with
Justice, that their only attractione
are of mineral character, VII ich
require elaborate and expensive
railways and large Investments of
personal capital TO develop. With
such sullen and forbiddIng recep-
tion of Americans in the initial
stages of the new era, VIVA. reason
able hope can there be of a satisfac-
tory issue to the very expensive
and hazardous venture Of Amer
lean citizens in tina. couE-
try? While there is a
small section of the American
people who are in favor Of Wrestling
Mexican territory by force from
Cur sister Republic, and adding it
to the United States, the immense
majority Of our people have
shown, in thousand ways during
the last twenty years, notably in
the Macmillan episode, that thoy
aim at no ACKNOWLEDGMENT at the
expense Of Mexico; but that, On
the contrary, they are sincerely de-
sirous of building that country up.
When one reads In the Chronicle
accounts Of the distractions
thrown In the way of the landing
railway material at Guaymas,
one is tempted to adopt the Lam
guage Of invective. 1t would seem
that our cordial and we'll meant eff.
forts to develop q neighboring
country are Interpreted into evil
dences OF hostility. The HERALD
has heretofore expressed Its belief
that these railway schemes will be
disastrous, pecuniarily, to the hold.
ers of stock In the several compa.
MES. Mexico is at best but very
sparseIy settled country, the habits
OF whose people are primitive and
frugal to the extreme, and when,
to these wbacks to speculation,
q hostile and distrustful spirit on
the part of Mexicaus and the Mex
lean authorities is thrown IN, the
prospect seems to us In every way
discouraging. Doubtless IL Chi
huahua, Sonora and Sipaloa were
portions of the United States, their
mineral wealth would be develop
ed; and, in time, this development
would make business for the rail-
ways. But they are not American
States or territories, the people of
tae United States do not propose to
steal them from weaker Reprb-
lie, and the numerous railway and
other schemes founded upon
roseate stories, diligently propa-
gated in the East by such men a.
Grant and his Lesser coadj utors, are
liable to turn out South Sea bub-
bles in the end. II, ON the outer
edge of Mexico, Americans encoun.
ter only hostility and prescription,
what 10 likely to be the case as the
enterprising citIzens OF the United
States shall penetrate farther into
that much Wanted country?
We are tempted to believe that
many very considerable railway
enterprises ARE being pushed in the
UDitsd States to-day with . view
simply to the profits of oonstrus-
ton. The interests of stockholders
are not In the least regarded by
these restless and inscriptions
spectators. They act on the prin-
cipls, "aftsr me the dsluge," and
they ssem to tskean insane delight
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