Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-09
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HAECROFT IN MEXICO.


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/ Up Ry the Historian.
Herbert Bancroft the historian,
Who il nov compiling the history
| Of the Pacific States, and now las
his agents in Neva1a, personally
goes over all of the field which his
histories cover. He has just re-
turned from . six months sojourn
| in Mexico, aad gives the Chronicle
reporters long and interesting &C.
count Of the country to which just
now the eye Of commercial men
all over the United States is turned.
We make few extracts:
| AMERICANS IN MEXICO.
"In what esteem aye Americans
! Fully as high As they deserve.
Few of our best men and women
| have gone there yet, and many
Mexicans who are preiudiced
| against our peopls know little
| about them. Low aud coarse Dor
der men, mining spectators, po-
litical and religious adsenturers
have drifted in These, with dis
carded railroad men and broken
down lawyers and doctors, coDsti-
tute the worst foreign element in
the country. They loaf about the
hotels and drinking saloons, talk
loudly and boastfully Of revolu-
ton, invasion. manifest destiny, all
of which signifies, right or wrong,
| another slice Of the the country and
then another until there is none
left. At the same time they smoke
and drink. swear, play biiliards
and bet, to the infinite disgust as
we'll of respectable Americans as
Of the Mexicans, who look upon
barroom drinking and discussions
IS low and disgracefnl. I have
more than once heard Americans
lament that they seldom hear spoken
in Mexico their own Ian guage I'M
attended by vulgar bcaggadocio
and biasphem;. It is no wonder
that through such as these the
Mexicans have been led to fear and
suspect US, for these roughs and
bummers from the United States
make no pretentions to principals
or even common honesty and
would help to steal q strip Of terri
tory as quickly as they would rob
a stage; that is. the few Of them not
laboring under the iairmity of
cowardice.
MEXICAN CURRENCY.
"D;d you find the currency in
coyenient:"
"Not very. National bank-notes
and Msnte de Piedad paper are COM
ing into general use about the cap
ital, though in the country paper
money is strange to the people, who
handle nothing but silver. II you
have exchange on New York or
London to sell you receive in the
city of Mexico 16 or Is per cent
premium; if you have to buy Next
can money on the border you may
have &c take less premium on your
American money. What Mexican
money I had left I sold at Austin
for 20 per cent discount. Between
inland cities yon can buy local
bills Of exchange and go avoid the
risk and trouble of carrying silver
over the country, for good paper
money is rot yet to he pure hased
in the border States. In fact, a
person making an extensive tour
through distant parts must still
have . mule along to carry the
purse.
BUSINESS OPENINGS.
"What business fields seem to
strike you as the most inviting?
"a man with success born IN
him and having the necessary
means could hardly go astray. The
business ideas and ways of the
Europeans in Mexico are as in the
mother country-antiquated, cen
turtles old. An American or a
San Francisco restaurant would
make the people of the capital open
their eyes very wide. Then, besides
the business of the general coun-
try in its thousand varieties, there
are boundless possibilities in the
direction of old and new uses OF