Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-27

MEXICO.
Hdrper's Magazine for October con-
toius an elaborate, instructive and en-
tertsinins disquisition upon Tho Hall
vay Invasion. Of Msxico," BY John Big
GLOW, . gentleman Of deservsdiy high
pah IN liSseasy, statistical and scientific
circles. Its apparent snimus seems 70
have It's origin in desire TO prevent the
immigration of American oitizsns 70
that country, and IN Axsd parposs TO
ssl,..r's rsilrusd securities in that go
ton. Possibly the writer's objeet IN this
latter regard may have besn to prevent
hin coanarymen from PLAYING a losing
0ame. 20 a. to arrest the dow OF capital
from the United Skates 10 : foreign
country, for, according TO his figures,
the immenss sum Of $15O,Oo0,0W % 70
ouired. or rather win be required to
complete ths railway system of Mexico
as already mappea-"a large SOM OF
money 70 psrt VITA according 70 our
author. .sysn for . country ~ rich as
the United States, and which could be
taken from no country in the world
without sseieaAy aGsotisg its industry,
oommeros and nnancial relations" In
this couneotion thAwritsr 10 quote from
remarks: 'sThsre IL % great deal OF
wealth in Mexico, and the Mexicans
have great businss saaacity and ca
paoity for affairs, yet the temptations to
embark in railway enterprises in Mex
loo, which have intoxicated many OF the
coolest heads in Wall street and Thread
needle street., can hardly b said 70 have
opened tho purse Of . single Mexican
It il TO be doubted" says he. IF among
all the railways chartered to unite Mex
loo with the United States, and upon
which already many millions Of dollar
have been expended, $4,000. il hall
that sum, has been expended by Msxi
cans"
10 much for that particular branch Of
the subject. Mr.. Bigelow dismisses ths
idea that Mexico can be expected u
produce Homogeneous population, be
cause the greater portion Of the countr,
IL from 5000 to 1000 feet above the lsve
of the ssa, and is invested with an alb
normally rare6ed atmosphere, while the
remainder lies along the coast. Ia very
hot. and never free from malignant dis.
ease. Here, hs says, are the most pro
duc.iys portions Of her Territory, but
thsy ere 70 unhealthy for three-quarters
Of the year a. 70 10 practically uninhab'
table 10 any person not born in iss pes
tilential atmosphere. Up to the present
time, Mr.. Bigelow asserts, no people
that is, no people that deserve to be re-
gasdsd q an active, dvilizing force-
has ever Aoarished in 20 high an atmos-
phere AZ the Mexican plateau, or in 30
high an average temperature ~ her sea
board plains. Hence, the failure Of the
people, born under bstter conditions,
who hsvs frequsntly invaded and oocu-
pied Mexico 10 maintain Themselves.
From all this, granting the premises
Of The writer, il may b inferred that II
the railway invasion Of Mexico is part
of q scheme for colonizing that country
with the redundant population Of our
own, the scheme is likely TO come to
grisf; o., X II ID intended to mako this
invasion the opening wedge for q per-
maasnt occupation Of that region by
Americans, and its absorption BY the
United States-a purpose which. We
hope, exists in the mind Of no man, and
further hope may fail ignoniniously II
It dess tho purpose II likely to fail, a.
similar attempts have failed, a.
Mr.. Bieelow says, 'partly on account Of
the difficulty Of doina %, and partly Be.
cause the possession is not worth the
COST"
Nh. Bigelow presents many strong,
and, while they remain unoontradioted,
unanswerable arguments against the
colonization Of Mexico by Norman, Colt,
saxon or Scandinavian. Prominent
among these reasons are the facts that
irrigation u necessary for suocessful
eultivatjua, ~ ability II The Mexican
to support life ohsaply Che has hitherto
donAitonA saRs averaging . shilling
day), ad ~ ehsuuia disposition Of the
pseele1tvakds ssnslnnt rsvolatioos. Al
for The art ohieotiou. the supply Of
water u abuadant, pseAaps ample, but
II can only Be- utilized by great labor and
at an enormous sxpsuae. A for the
lattsr two, wages are better now, and
viii b a laog q ~ railway baildine
boon eoasinnsA ~ vhils The tsndensy
70 rsvplutioa b checked By this very
fast, Il u liAble 70 bseums sAronisagain,
Han 1Gmand fe labor drops q and
vAalp rssusn b thsir normal standard.
1he Astounding statement appears in
the paper quoted from that Of the ton
mflrna Of psopls n Mexico fully three
qu61u1naars Indians, twoshirds a
whom cannot read, nos ever had IN an
oss1ns VITO sual1i Who nsva slspt IN .
bed - voes . stoekinR md who are 40
customed to live ct leo expense par
day than : lam hosss voalA cot In any
New EalAnd 0tats.
Pas1ing from the consideration Of
thess Rensralitiss Ar. DtRsiov discusses
the differing oAaxaessrs Of the charters,
o. cdneessiona. made By the Asxioan
0ovesAmsAt - No Different railway
oosnpaniss. nov constructing roads OF
propodna n sanslz1st tAsm. They Az
Divided into too 0lnnnen. nnhnidise6 ana