Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
President Diaz' Message.

| CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 15.-President
! DiaZ opened congress this evening, and Pin
4 his speech said that the foreign relations of
! Mexico with other nations were excellent;
! that he had named commissioner the
| monetary convention in Washington, also a
/ commissioner to arrange a reciprocity
| treaty with the United States. Tint the
convention with Guatemala for arranging
the boundary limits had been extended
! two years. That the mixed claims COM
mission of Guatemala and Mexico had ex-
| pired without finishing the work and that
Mexico was trying to obtain an extension
of time.
The commission appointed to arrange the
treaty of peace, friendship, commerce and
navigation had such treaties with Santa Do
| mingo and Italy. Speaking of the Esme
| ralda affair he said the government had
refused coal TO the Esmeralda, but after
wards consented to her receiving a small
quantity which was absolutely necessary
for sailing the ship. That the Gillian
junta asks recognition but the government
demanded time for investigation, as it
| wished to be neutral.
Governmental relations had commenced
with Japan, the Argentine Republic and
Russia. He had appointed a commissioner
10 the geographical congress in Switzerland.
That L new ministry of communications
and public works had been established
that new sanitary code had been promul-
gated. The penal code had been reformed,
the public school system improved, that
mining was progressing favorably and that
the public lands were being rapidly
taken up and that agriculture were flourish
ing. That Mexico had accepted the invita-
tion of the United States to attend the Chi
cago exposition and that he expected
congress would grant the amount OF money
necessary that would enable Mexico TO
make showing worthy of the place she
| occupies among the civilized nations of the
world.
AieXico's postal regulations in the interior
were good and that the government was
extending postal facilities and new routes.
That postal receipts last year were Sl,097,
A34. That seven new steamship lines had
been contracted without a subsidy. That
the government was extending its tele-
extended. That the Monterey and
Gulf railroad had been finished
to Tampico and the Inter Oceanic to Vera
Cruz.
Relative to the Tehuantepec railroad the
government had ordered the contractors to
finish the work. All other lines
were progressing and there were now
10, 100 kilometers in operation. That new
highways were being built and that the
harbor work at Vera Cruz and Tampico
We're progressing; that the Tehuantepec
line viii soon be open from the
Paclf1c to the Atlantic. The work
of draining the valley OF Mexico was pro-
crossing and the government was inprov-
ing the lighthouses along the coast. That
he was confident that the new custom
tariff as published, with a liberal reform to
increase commerce, would more than
cover the expenditures, and that as hereto
fore money would be placed in Europe to
pay interest IN advance. That the banks
are operating regularly and increas-
ing their business daily, and that
there is no danger of crisis, because
the government exercises the precaution
to see that their circulation remains within
their limits. The nations credit abroad
deserves a distinguished place and subject
to slight but natural fluctuations; that the
Indian trouble in Sonora was ended and the
army was being modified scientifically.
In conclusion the president said, Gen
tlemen, congressman and senators, you see
our country progressing and de-
yelOping its natural elements with
out precipitation or commissions
Of any kind. consequently without risk of
crises or panics and was now to the world
a country satisfied with its in
stitutions dedicated to the peaceful
developing of new natural resources by
labor and to the consolidation of her credit
by prudent business reserve and respecting
her contracted obligations"