Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-04
G1 1O I'Ecxico.

Recent publications are calculated To da!npen
the ar O. Intending in7 estOrS IN Mexican rail-
way CTS. !. NJ Cthsr considerations III an those
iateiy ,-r ,elt Il reached the ears OF capitalists,
ths hun If d! millions or more Necessary to build
tn $500 niles o: railway projected BY Americans
IN Mexico woJli not BIZ speedily forthcoming.
Collection = raised against the climate, which IS
too hos on the coast ani too rare In the table
lands; against The scaDortS a11 waterways, or
rather their absence, wnicn prevents the ocean
from beng used an adjunct to the railways;
ami agai list tn population, which IS described as
ignorant. esrlf Ing. revolutionary. and filed with
q prof1Ga distru5t OF Americans. TAis di5truSt,
which ore my readily conceive 10 exist, Is said
to display itseif IN the terms OF tn, concessions
made u projected IA roads and In the flct that
not $4,000 o. the many millions spent to unite
Mexico AMI tie Uuitei States, comes from Mex
leans, though many OF the latter are wealthy
AMI IN o: great business sagacity. II is also az
gued froin thu experience OF the road connecting
Vera uz ana the capitil that railway depend
ing upon the industries AMI natural growth o. the
country VI II Increase Its business only about one
per cent year, AMI that emigration cannot be
Depended upon, as IN the United States, TO en-
large tais per centage. Settlers It Is held, will
not travel a long diStJnce to locate, far from
government lanl grants, upon soil which must be
bought AMI then irrigated, in climate to which
they are unaccuSt0med, AMI among a people
speaking strange language and able to live
upon shilling day. The objections RAISED are,
I'm many respects, sound AMI deserve to be care
fully weighed IL IS not Impossible, however, to
object to the objections. II may be questioned,
for Instance, whether the increase Of business
of network OF railroads connecting directly
with the American system AMI supplying
an fmncii.te mlrket for Mexican pro-
ducts can b. me 3sured by the growth of an
isolated strip OF r0ai connecting the capital with
a coast which Is SAID u furnish hardly single
rr,rr1r
emigration cannot lie relied upon, objections are
raised which apply almost exclusively To agrcul-
tural settlers. The mines which pcured their
told millions into the lap of Spain but the nd
cations OF mineral deposits which under modern
methods Of development VIII yet astOniSh the
world II convenient access To the mining region
and facilities FOR bringing the to slnelters and
70 minis provided, pTo,pectors and miners viii
not Insist upon the Immediate establishment OF
good government and OF cultured and Intelligent
society. The mining towns which are likely to
spring up Will feed railways rs we'll IS If they
were the ceaterS OF sale OF agricultural products
The minnrs must live, and their fool must be
Drought 70 them the railroads, else the farm
ers must come TO raise 1t. The prospect for the
latter is much more tempting than in our own
mining regions The fertile soil scratched by a
rude woOlen plOw yields bountiful harvests, not
merely on the SeacoaSt where the most valuable
tropical products are raised, but the extensive
ta0ie lands, where wheat, corn and other staples
or the temperate zone grow with an Egyptian
frutful1cSS. In respect 10 the carriage OF passen-
gers 1t Is likely that the Mexcans VIII hardly prove
very profitable customers The correspondent
OF New York paper at the city OF Mexico men,
lions that the first regular train upon the new
road TO TOluca carried the s'immenSe" number OF
$50 passengers The daily average of through
passengers in 1880 on the road to Vera Cruz was
nine But when direct communication with the
United States is established tide of curious trav-
ellerS from the north may be expected TO flow into
Mexico For their nSpectiOn, colossal structures
and marvellous cities, long buried and forgotten
IN thicNcts and jungleS are disclosed, which tell
the achievements of early peoples, who were invcn-
tors and slflel architects, well advanced in civil
nation, when half-barbarOus northern Europe was
but just struggling TO the light In addition to
those who are led by curiosity 10 the historic por-
tons OF North America there Will, In time, per-
haps, come heAaa sasekegssa The climate OF the
table aasdsc9 Mexico IS said tebe as delightful as
any in sls s~sfi4 SO that in spite OF the dis
couragements. to travellers and settlers already
feeiteirthe .raEraad accompanies, whose lines are
-oaet3Rci To sasaA 2sc3 practically part of the
Unfte1 Stares Will be able 10 tempt excursionists
ami einigrant5, in the customary glowing TERMS
with the attractions OF a seat OF ancient civiliza-
non, the treasure vault, the garden and the SAM
tarium OF the continent