San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
AS SAFE AS AT HOME WHEN
ORDERLY.
The Sentiment Towards Yankees
Changing-How Americans
Get Into Trouble.

some Americans in Mexico-that an
American does not receive respectful
treatmeuS, that considerable injustice
is done him, especially by the Next
can authorities when he is in trouble
to some Americans who have spent
several years in the interior of Next
co, and whose constant contact and
association with the different classes
Of Mexicans and their customs and
peculiarities, give their opinion and
judgment ring of authority, these
interesting statements, concerning
Americans in the Gland of God and
Liberty" were CLEANED:
A few years ago there was quite q
sentiment among the Mexlcans
against the Americans, there was
considerable bad feeling between
them, but this has gradually passed
away, not entirely, but almost so.
The Mexicans whose conservative ma
ture was somewhat irritated over the
rapid strides and progressiveness of
the Yankees, who received almost
with superstitious fear the rapidity
with which the Americans began to
to spread themselves in profitable re-
glons aud trades, aud who had not
yet accustomed themselves to the
blowings and blusterings of the "iron
horse, have at last recognized the
benefits which they arrive from
these commercial invasions, and In
view of the fact that the Americans
have opened for them great portion
of country and thus brought work
and prosper ity to their homes. They
have pretty well dropped their pref
udices, and Americans can no longer
complain of the petty prosecutions of
which they have accused the innabi-
tants in the past
1t had been the case in the past
years that when MeXicans were in
jured by railroad trains or locomo-
tives, TO arrest and Imprison all par
ties concerned in the accident, usual
ly the conductor, fireman and engi-
neer came in for their share. This,
1T is said, was done merely for the
sake of finding out the true nature of
cutions may have been practiced in
connection with the arrests, bat of
late years the sentiment against the
Americans has SO changed that no
consequences follow, unless the acct
dent can be proven to be due to care
lessness. However, the charges in
this regard, made by railroad men in
the past were undeniably true.
An American is just as safe in Mex
leo, as he is when in Texas, provided
of course, he gives no cause for
trouble 1t is the habit, it is said, to
carry a pistol or two, but those who
have travelled all over the place,
claim that there is no more need for
the arms than in Texas. "But don't
you see," was remarked in the course
of the conversation, "there Is a large
class of tough Americans in that
country, or people who imagine that
they are in tough country and at
to .npt to become tough themselves.
They generally get a girl, then they
drink rum or mescal, then they gam
BILE, begin to cut up generally, finally
the girl shakes the fellow and the
trouble begins and continues until
some Mexican policeman nabs
his American hoggishness and
roughly shoves him into an ugly
dungeon cell. A howl is raised and
the man who attempted to raise Cain
without taking the consequences,
spreads the report that Mexico is the
blankest country on earth to have
ones rights respected" If man
avoids the lower class Of Mexicans,
has nothing whatever to do with
them, socially, he can get along as
smoothly and serenely as he can get
along In his native town. This class
of people plod along and look up to
some one for boss and as long as an
American keeps this relation between
himself and the lowest classes of
Mexicans, he has NO trouble to fear.
The Americans, almost to q man,
acknowledge the fact that the better
class of Mexicans are the most polite,
courteous and obliging set of people
that they have ever met. 1t should
be the object of every one who cares
to live pleasantly and unmolested in
the Mexican republic, to cultivate the
society of this class of people, for they
will find in them help and q friend,
and will have made an acquaintance
which will at all times be of help to
them.
There has lately been considerable
said of the Mexican authorities rails
ing the duties ON certain American
products in retaliation of the McKin-
ley bill. To this, an American who
has recently passed through Eagle
Pass where the hogs-the American
product on which the duty is said to
have been recently raised-passed
through and were said to have been