The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-28
FOUR WEEKS AT MONTEREY.
What Mr.. NJ. c. Campbell Says OF His Recent
Trip TO Mexico

Mr.. NJ c. Campbell of the well known
| live stock commission firm of Eldridge &
Campbell, has just returned from four
weeks soiourn in Old Mexico and talks
very entertainingy OF what he saw and
| heard while in our neighbor republic.
Mr. Campbell left here in company with
Colonel B. H. Campbell and went direct to
Monterey where they stopped most of the
time while away. Mr.. Campbell states
that he was very much surprised at the
temperature he found at Monterey
The thermometer was never above ninety
since he left Wichita and the
nights were delightfully."- cool. Monterey
is situated on plateau, and the tempera-
ture never gets any warmer than as he
found it. Along the eastern coast of Mex
leo it is different. This lies much lower
and at certain times of the year it grow s
intensely hot.
There are a great many Americans in
Monterey as well as in other Mexican
cities, and tourist may travel without
any trouble IL he is conversant with the
English language. There were times when
this was different, and when ii would
have been folly for man to have at
tempted to travel in Mexico without be-
ing fully conversant with the Spanish Ian
guage. Monterey is lively city. and the
merchants and business men are
energetic and intelligent. TIE Next
cans as general rule entertain q
very kindly feeling towards their Ameri-
can neighbors, as they recognize the fact
that it was the American population Of
that republic which have pushed the in
dustries and trade. and placed their busi-
ness relations with this country on firm
basis Zone is surprised at the residences
he SEES" said Mr.. Campbell. The houses
OF the wealthiest citizens are either adobe
or stone, and are constructed wholly diff
ferent from ours. One feature of Next
can residences is that they are built close
up TO the street and are barren Of orna-
ments and cornice work, etc. When there
is a garden it is not 10 be found in the
front or back Of the house, but there is
usually a court in the center, where flower
gardens and handsome lawns may be
seen"
Mr. Campbell was struck with the dis
patch and promptness with which crimi-
mails are dealt. Some features of theA1exicSn
laws are An improvement upon our laws
and there the law is not used TO defeat the
law, as IS very often the case in this couu-
try. When a criminal is arrested there lie
IS accorded trial in brief period after
being taken into custody. AMI after just
hearing, sentence Is passed upon him. II
the offense be murder. and the prisoner is
found guilty, short work is made OF the
cuiprit. There are no further courts TO
appeal to. and after giving the condemned
man a few minutes 10 bid his friends fare
well, he is hustled out into the court yard
and Immediately executed Criminals be
ing thus summarily dealt with has been
an excellent thing for the repu Bile, and
has done much n Kidding that country Of
thevast mum beTs of br!gauds andcutthro2ts
which infested Mexico for 30 many years.
Had Cara been unprecedented az the time
Of his escapade. he would have been tried,
condemned aud executed in less than
three hours Another notable feature IN
which that country differs from OURS Is
that no tax i,collected on land The rev
euUe is raised by means OF a tariff On all !
imports. The du.ies on hogs are very
high and az the present price OF hogs 1t is /
extremely improbable 10 ship hogs 20 /,
that country from here The coEatry sur /
Monterey has been undergoing 4 4
1rou.h, which has made tae price o. grain /
advance very materially. This seasons 4
crop. however Is good, aud there VIII be .
plenty wheat aud corn II the country i
this fall. Most al farming Is done By the I
aid OF Irrigation, As rains come very SCI I
ION, especially at tbs time when most +.
needed. NT. Campbell SPEAKS very b "a 3 I
u the manner in which &c was entertained I
iown there, baf ihe gru5 re was f=d on +
was bad He does not Ike the Mexican 4
method Of cooking and do=sa's believe ae /
.oaid become accustomed 20 i. Potatoes
ire rarely 10 be found on the tables On &C
,ount o. grea; &C rcity % tGls produc..
lhe Mexican taxes has MAILS somewhat i
Ifter the Eagiisa fashion There Is csTas
4 the morning. thea breakfast .. %