Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-17

Mexican soil becomes free men;
yet a man may sell himself rs also.
lutoly as one may sell mn OK, and from
that time for stated number OF years
or for life. according TO the tcfms'of the
contract, he Ia the absolute property Of
his master. Among the natives skilled
labor IA very rare.
Asa nation the Mexicnns are patrl.
oilc to the last degree, their national
hymn breathing all the AMOR " the
"Marseillaise- Of France.
In the denscly populated portions Of
the country, public Instruction receives
active support and the educational
standard I. fair; but In the lees favored
elstricts Of the north, the proportion Of
the natives allie 10 rad aud write Il
not more than one In ten.
The federal government Of Mexico is
based on the constitution Of 1857.
Trained after that Of the United state-,
with the variation, anong other more
slight, that III. chief Justice uni,cs
with his Judicial functions that Of Nice.
President of the Republic. The pro-
portion " representatives In Congress
Is one member 10 $1,000 inhabitants.
The States arr moro independent Of tbc
general government than those Of the
United States.
There Va no public land In Mexico.
IL there u anywhere, Ia all this vast
domain, n piece u land that has not
been "gfAntel" b. somconV, II Il be-
cause tho land Il WORTHLESS or because
none of tho on.hangcfs NJ the head u
the government hav. found II out
However, a good title may be obtained
20 real estate at prices ranging from
twenty-five ccnta 10 " per acre.
Tracts Of land In every part Of the To-
public arv held for sale all the time by
real estate agents at Deming, New Mex
leo. Along with his purchase 81 the
Railroad concession recently made 10y
Hon. John W. Young, there was placed
nj hia dlsposal n tract Of land, In the
north western corner Of the State "
chihuahua, OF mn area OF 2,6OD,ulO
acres, over three times ~ large ~ the
State Of Rhode Island, and nearly
twice M large as Delaware. These
lasndf, than which noue richer can bo
found anywhere, viii probably he
open 10 purchase by the Latior-lay
Saints In short time, through Mt.
Young's agent, Bishop William Derby
johnson. Jr., NJ Dvming, New Mexico.
Mr.. J. Fcw-0n Smith, u your city,
chief engineer ~ conjunction, informs
your correspondent that tracklnylng
will probably commence about the .1th
Of the present month, ON Mt. N0uug'-
railway; which, when completed, viii
place the settlers on these lands In
direct communication with the bcst
II every variety Of resource Mexico
affords.
Neither IA there herr any regularity
In the division Of lands. With no ma
tlonal system Of survey, with It, large
aud small tmcis aud tsrrcHos divided,
angling and lntcflafdod, a Mexican
plat OF land presents tie appearance
Of the cfa2lrst kind VI a "cfaky
quilt.n
Though, n. good authority says, "ln
the northern States the priesthood are
becoming less Influential day by
day" the prominent religion u
Mexico II Roman Catholic; but all
religions hrc tolerated, and, nom being
Threatened with expulsion on their INT
arrival, In 1855, the l.atlcr.day Saints
arr now invited and encouraged 10 bc.
some residents Of the ropuhlic.
l.. A. WILSON.
Las PALoMAs, Moxleo, via 'Doming,
n. NJ, June 10, 1890.