San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-14
AMERICANS IN MEXICO.

Her mines are MOI " OThSu,
Her Agricultural Lands
Are Lying ldIe-Per-
sonal, Plagiarism.
HOTEL SAN EsTEBAN,
SALTILLO, Dec. 10, 1891.
To the LIGHT
To the average American reader,
Mexico Is an unknown country. They
look upon her as q dry and barren
waste, without anything in her, or
about the people, to be desired They
know but very little about her, and
form themselves about the natural
resources of the country.
A great portion of Mexico has never
been explored. 1t is still the home of
the Indians and wild beasts. Much
cans or Europeans, hence great por-
ton of the country is unknown.
Many of them look upon the border
states as a dry and barren wilderness.
But such is not the case. II those
people would take the trouble and
examine the resources of the States of
Tamaullpas, Nueva Leon, Coahuila
and Chihuahua they would find that
than any four states that border on
the Gulf or Atlantic Ocean.
The state OF Tamaulipas; which
borders on the Gulf and the lower
Rio Grande, is capable of producing
more cotton, corn, sugar cane, tobac-
co, rice, sweet potatoes, pomegranates,
cocoanuts, pine apple, figs, grapes,
peaches, pears, lines. mangos, the
forr;I o,I trorioaI frnifa youata hloa
minerals, dye woods and timber, than
any of the American states that bor
der on the Gulf and Atlantic ocean,
the Gulf of st. Lawrence, Texas not
excepted.
The state of Nueva Leon contains
more silver, lead, copper and marble
than all of them combined.
The state OF Coshuila contains more
silver, lead, copper, iron and coal
than all the states above referred to
including the middle states, with the
exception of PennsylvanIa coalfields.
Coahuila contains as fine agriculture.
al and grazing lands as are to be
found in any of the states in the
Union; while in the growing of wheat
corn, cotton, fruits and vegetables is
lands cannot be surpassed in the
south.
Chihuahua is strictly a mining
state, and her mineral resources are
unlimited. Native silver and ruby
ores are daily being dug out of her
mines.
The mineral resources of these
states are inexhaustible. There is
not a mountain within their border,
but what contains silver, lead, cop
per, iron marble and coal. All of
them are undeveloped. The first
effort that was made to develope the
mines was made by the Jesuite
fathers under the protection of the
Spanish government. Nearly all the
mines in those states were worked by
them until the revolution OF 1910,
broke out when they were among the
first that were driven out. But they
foressw what was coming they obliter-
ated all signs of the most valuable
mines. After peace was restored in
1921, then followed the wars with
Texas and the United States. At
the close of those revolutions swept
the country, new men got in power;
then came the French invasion.
During all these years there was not
anything done towards developing
the mines.
Soon after Macmillan was captured
and executed, June 10Th, 1862 for
eign merchants flooded this country
with goods; they established business
houses in all the principal cities and
towns throughout the country. Ev.
erythIng that was offered for sale
brand of the foreign manufacturer.
This state Of affairs continued until
American capitalists procured char
tiers and concessions from the
Mexican government; one 10 build
a railroad from Paso del Norte
NOW the City of Juarez) to the City of
Mexico, and the Palmer Sullivan
company, who built the Mexican
National from Laredo to the Mexican
capital, did Americans attempt to
compete with foreign merchants in
this country.
Previous to the building of these
roads the writer travelled considerable
along the frontier, aud the only
American goods that we saw offered
for sale was tobacco and sugar and
occasionally barrel of -four.
But since the opening of the Mexi-
can Central, the Mexican National
and the Mexican International rail-
roads all this has changed. Ameri-
scan capital, American goods and
Americans have fiocked to this coun-
try, and you cannot go into a town in
the four border states, but what you
will find American merchants, Amer
lean goods and American miners.
The Americans are slowly but
surely supplanting the foreign
merchants and Introducing American
goods. The Americans have done