Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-10
-ylON OF REPUBLICS
mp ROMERO on ANNEX
ALTON.
r.,.oe Oatof the Boundary Line
3 . .,n,sn the States and Mexico
remote Possibility-Influ'
ence ofthe Germansin
That Republic.

area ofthe Germanslh
That Republic.
.-,y-.Ths possibility of a
sl'4', len Mexico and the United
3a Pinot mot present itself to the con
' W.. rf ths two countries in hun
''' mrs from nov, if at ALL" said
..ro the Mexican Minister, to-
INV thinkers question the
., tse United States Govern
far future. You have 50
actiug interests, such as those
n.-3osIope and the Atlantic, those
a., and West and of the North
b You have such antagOnistic
in rour population, as, for in
moro aud the white man, that
...gb.e 10 tell what may become
after another century of your
,.,i,tances has gone by. If the
~srt of tie United $ ates were to
...a-sral hundred years TO come
Ig-e st that time one Of its states
"a should be called upon to decide
-s.tbsr the United States should
moon Mexico to seize it or to
Unite with it, | cannot say at
.r,nsian might arrive, aud in
-, state of mind l do not think
favor annexation. But at q
,.r uould seem to me that it would
.ai.s. because l should be afraid
| Fl. incorporation of another people
-s-sl millions of 2 different race,
maze and habits OF thought and life,
-s.hyr weaken than strengthen
~-ptry So far as the Mexioans are
-psi ana Judging by their present
nay they would be unity against
-g.on. They feel proud of their
sirg and would not willingly give it
| B-ii-s, they believe that annexation
4 rated States means subjugation
termination, and with such belief
would resist In self defence.
population Of Mexico at present
art u 100000, and the country is in
Ia, iu population both by immigra-
ri otherwise. Ia 1882, II 600 emf
s entered the ports of Vera Cruz,
rsgy of these were Italians and
lands We offer lands to emigrants
ai low prices and give them exemp.
sou taxation for q number of years.
IL lands i'm Mexico are very cheap.
'sn years ago they ranged from 3
cent, ana acre, and their price is not
.,gner now bat thay ere not sold
NET blocks than 5000 acres to any
r.ll. do not know that the Ger,
s7a bought large tracts Of lands
l.Ec0 though We have many Ger
alg DO business and make money
%, country, TIE trouble with the
es.s who come 10 this country is
a-y DO NOT understand the Spanish
rge aud 'hey do not often adapt
,sge- 20 the country. The Germans,
-s.a'r hand, send young men from
1ag 70 Mexico, and these learn the
sot tae people. By such methods
usse more money and do better
Americans. Americans have a great
3. money In Mexican railroads, and
rs largely interested in Mexican
# ls we'll, Many of them are now
ll lands there, and there Is some
done by them.
Hcdiet factories are cotton factories,
'e have nearly a hundred of these,
employ between 10000 and 5000
d and they have capital of more
Fi.00l0OO. The mines are, how
lssreat thing in Mexico and there
more Than 100000 men employed in
We Lave, you know, produced an
-1e amount of the silver of the
and between 1921, and 1880 our
turned out 100000, 900 worth of
and shout Oue-tenth rs much gold.
q ,ae past few years we have coin
ae'a.- 70 tine extent of about $25,-
gear, and our mineral products
practically lnexhaustible. We have
climate IN the world, aud we are
o"z-riaud of America. Our climate
ny respects better than that OF
.a401, aud within the last few years
americans have made Mexico the
9' Their vacation tours. | have
" naoy as twenty private cars
-s Of the depot of the City of
a-d these excursion com panies
- tourists by the hundreds. The
pr OF railroad facilities will increase
''1, ana the two countries are fast
-s very much better acquainted
IN ials means.
'le' has $4,000 square miles and
70 times "a, b < as t,.e Sta Of
" more tnr a ninety times as big
'72-ty more thru 500 times the
"-'le Island, and more than si1
W.. SIZE OF Great Britain and Ire
nag more size than it gets credit
is Central American as vel
- american power. The Isthmu,
' divides ,he New World into
-.--l'-' aud the North American
properly speaking Is com poseC
factions, North and Contra
'.-T'eo has sovereignty, a. in
cues taer territory, over con
-- oft Central America. auC
a'e trostsr than the territory o
-e other etlons constitutiu,
ra's uole than one-third 0
'..aa. area Of Central Amer
n 0e7e has an area of 5000
CENTRAL America, aud il
Were are more thar 1000.
remainder OF Contra
'.as Gully aboa.3 600 600. an,
aot twice As large as tina
By - zico. This makes us
'aa power, and we are con
sJ ia all matters tina
-csaatr5. wac
~ stock in the fight
rta= American i-thmus
taa. these gg.s.iou
5 its natural geo