The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-12

now engaged IN ueNelOpih5 Coai AAAHvS
there There are rich iron mines near
these coal deposits and we may have
great manufacturing district in this state.
As yet the state has not been prospected:
1t will be opened up by this railroad ana
it is one of the best fields of enterprise OF
today. The iron horse will, in two or
three years at least, reach the capital OF
the state and the possibilities OF fortunes
and fortune-making in II are, it seems TO
me, very great"
1.-THE state of San Luis Potosi," Presi-
dent D1az went on, lis also mining
country, but its principal wealth Will In
time be derived from its admirable situa-
ton as center of trade for the interior OF
the country. The railroads which now
center at its capital VIII make 1t great
distributing point, and the Tampico bar
Dor will add greatly to its advantages.
Chihuahua, which hes below Texas in the
north central part of Mexico, has a vast
extent of soil suited to cattle-raising, and
great deal of British capital is being in
vested there at the present time. Mich
oacan, to the west of US here, IS
q very fertile region, well watered,
and here tropical agriculture may be de-
veloped to vast extent. Then again on
the slopes of the mountains there is zone
admirably adapted to variety of indus
tries in the state of Vera Cruz. The SOIL
is rich and the streams afford good water
power for machinery, and laborers may be
had at reasonably low salaries. Then
there is Coahuila, which is a state bigger
than New York and which has vast areas
of good cotton growing land on il. 1t al
so contains deposits of good coal, and the
country is well watered. The land is dearer
than in some other parts of Mexico. but 1t
can be purchased at very remuneratlve
prices"
AS TO RAILROADS IN MEXICO.
Chow about the railroad development of
Mexico? Will it continue?"
EYES," was the reply. ''Since the year
1855 the railway system of this country
has been so extended that there are few
cities of importance that are not now con-
nected with the center of the country, or
Mexico City. 1t is significant fact, too,
that railways in Mexico have been paying
enterprises since their beginning; so
much so that trunk lines, such as the
Mexican Central and the Mexican Ma
tional have given dividends to their share
holders almost since the first year they
results were obtained when the
country was at the beginning of
its development, and when little
or no foreign capital had been invested in
mines or agriculture in Mexico and you
will see that it may be safely said that this
progress will increase, now that new ele-
ments of prosperity are being constantly
brought from abroad. You ask as TO sub
sides. When Mexico was anxious for the
construction OF railways, il lavished sub
sides on all the roads. The outlay was
very large IN comparison with its present
resources, and now that the system is
about to be completed, the government has
decided not to pay any subsidies for new
line"
RECIPROCITY TREATY.
As to reciprocity treaties, President Diaz
said: 1--WE can make a reciprocity treaty
with the United States, as we already
made one some years ago which never was
in force, but which met with a very bad
fortune in your county. l refer to the
Grant-Romero treaty, and any new treaty
that we could make would not differ
substantially from this. Any extension
of our free list of American goods would
more or less diminish our federal re-
ceipts, and in some cases very detri-
mentally so. We cannot afford great
loss nor can we substitute another kind of
taxation for this source of revenue As to
the land tax of which you ask, 1t is al
ready levied by the states on small scale
and the increasing of it requires great
deal of tact not to hurt influential and
transcendent interests. Among the other
objects of the government in favoring rail-
rord building, was TO increase the produc-
tiveness of landed property, as when it be-
comes more remunerative it can be taxed
more heavily"
MANUFACTURING IN MEXICO.
How about Mexican manufactures ?"
/ asked.
Manufacturing in Mexico" said the
president. sis constantly increasing
Every year new paper, wool and cotton
manufactures are established. and the old
ones are being continually enlarged
There is a great manufacturing growth
going on in the states of Puebla, Jalisco
and Oaxaca, and in the Federal District.
A number of new factories for the making
OF beer, spirits and wine have been started,
and | believefthat in manufactures OF ali
kinds there Is great field for American
capital and American enterprise"
EDUCATION AND THE MEXICAN INDIANS.
The conversation here turned 10 educa-
ton, and President Diaz told me that
there was now compulsory primary edu-
cation throughout Mexico. and that the
Mexican congress and the government
were doing all they could to improve their
educational methods. He said he thought
that the Indians could be greatly improved
by the Mexican school system. and that
though the work would be slow. that they
would eventually make good and inteui.
gent citizens. He spoke highly of the
progress of Mexico in an educational way
and characterized the Indian population
as q people possessed of great natural abil.
tiles and infinite possibilities. He then
referred TO the Worlds fair, saying:
MEXICO AND THE WORLDS FAIR.
"Mexico has cordially accepted the in.
vitation 10 the Worlds fair at Chicago
Her exhibits will he the best calculated tc
promote trade and business relations be
tween the two countries. The plan of the
exhibition will differ somewhat from tina,
adopted by US at the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton, and the intention is to give a practi
cal exhibition of what can be exchanged
or improved upon in our relations with
the United States rather than to make an
interesting but less important show of the
different products OF our rudimental in
dustries
In closing, President Diaz spoke of the
young men of Mexico, speaking of them
in high terms, and saying that they seemed
TO be more DESTROYS OF making good citi
zens and preserving social order than did
the young men of the past. "In them. >
said he, us largely the hope of Mexico
and through them would come the great
Mexico of the future He said that the
progress of Mexico would, he believed, ga
steadily on, and he paid us very pretty
compliment in saving that he believed i,
would Improve in every respect land be.
come day after day more worthy of being
called a sister Of the great model republic
the United States of America"
FRANK &, CARPENTER.
HoRACE's SPRING POEM (oDEs l., 4.