The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-18
CACTUS CHRONICLES.
An Interesting Letter From
Mexico-The Garden Of
America.
The Land of Sweet Flowers,
Beauty. Health and
Wealth.
CERo DE MERcADo, March 10, "a.

IEhO LIE EhNADOy ~
ED. BAzoo Il do not know as this will
interest anv of your readers. leave it for
YOU to Judge of that and publish ii you
will.
Very few Of your people there have
realizing sense of the future greatness OF our
sister republic. Torn and ruptured as she
has been for long years past by internal
revolutions and seditions of all kinds,
and
IGNORANT OF WHAT A MAGNIFICENT HER
ITAGE THEY ARE HEIRS TO,
the Mexican people are now but just be-
ginning TO realize in part OF what great
future there is before them. The opening
of their magnificent domain by railroads
which are now being pushed forward by
such energetic strides, is beginning To show
them the almost inexhauStab!e wealth they
have in their mines alone of almost every
conceivable kind. Gold, silver, tin, iron,
copper, zinc, quicksilver, alabasIer, guano,
saltpeier, marbles, parphyries and rare va
rieties of precious and building stones
abound in almost endless and undeyelOped
stores
The "Vita Grande" mire, near the city
of Zacaticas, has Welded more than 6OO,-
OO0. 900, taken out in the primitive way,
by man and mule power, and is now con-
sidered one of the richest mines OF the
world, being only partially developed up
To this time. Over fiye-ninihs of the sill
Yer heretofore mined for all ages past has
beer from the republic of Mexico. Tin is
now teing mined in the state of Durango
in inexhaustihle quantities, and within
two miles o; the capital OF the same state,
the "Cerro de Mercadu," or Iron noun
! tain, has iron ore enough in sight without
mining. and of quality superior 10 any
known, to supply the word for generations
! TO come. Ii would take too much time
and space To enUmerate even an approx
mate part Of all the numerous mines OF all
/ kinds, which so far, with very few excep-
tions, have been worked only in the most
/ primitive manner.
/ The wealth of her mines alone is not ali
Mexico has for her future greatnes, and
prosperity. Every product Of our own
country can be produced from the
prolific soil Of the republic and
many Others indigenous to that elm 'tc,
coffee. cocoa indigo, the India rubber tree
vanilla, cochineal, mahogany, ebony, ross
wood, salts o: different kinds, vegetable
wakes and medicinal gums, chinconidia
bark, pulque agave, or paper fibre, and
many kinds of vegetable dyes, nuts, oils col
commerce and for The table, fine cabinet
woods, and every variety OF growth known
to the tenn crate and torrid zones.
Coal fields of great extent are being
opened up by the building of railroads and
Otherwise. There are immense forests oI
timber OF all kinds.
The climate of Mexico furnishes TO the
inha! iJant almost any kind he msy wish
The various plateaus give all degrees oI
h- At ar cold that may be desired. Manu-
fqrturirg under the protective tariff al
Mexico gives 10 the lew manufacturer:
great advantage. and their establishment:
Wells immense profits. Cheap labor, every
iacilit7 needed, and an unlimited marke
at Lhelr very doors at almost fabulous
prices, will insure great profits for year
10 come.
Every inducement is held out by tn;
government for foreign capital to WORK
mines, TO build all kinds of manufactures
to cultivate the soil, to build railroads
and the opening up of the grear
variety of industries by which they expec
to develop the republic to point OF pros
perlly ana Weallh Ol WHICH 'hey WIN o'
proud. The emigration TO Mexico is but
Just beginning from The United States; i
is increasing every day, and the influence
of energy and capital is already makins
itself felt in various parts, more especially
in the c, nlral and northern states. ALREADY
you can see in many cities and mining vii
lagos the hardy, resolute American, in dit
ferept enterprises, busy, iostling, pushini
ahead with all his native energy. And th'
Mexican himself s beginning to be inn
bued with the spirit of progress. lis q
wonderfully rich and fruitful land, an'
opening up, as it is now, by the various
railroads. must in a very short time reaci
a stage of prosperity and wealth that viii
be worthy OF the great natural faciiitie
that it has been blessed with.