Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-07-02

would write you more fully concerning tn
Revolution, which mentioned a. takin
place abOutthc time that was writing you
Had | known that it wa, going to be sue
n small affair | would not have mrationc'
it. The facts are these: A boCy OF Stu
dents Of the school Of Mines, opposed to tn
| Dia2 al ninistratlGn, had \ demoustratiO
or raty on one day and announced tina
they would parade again the next day. "A
the aY~H'rted hou. they formed, and will
theri t. .nnd'ums and others Of the wors
element 1itne city; some, nearly all | SUP
pose, were more q less Intoxicated, They
soon became oucor ,rolable, and begat
breaking windows aut Going other damng,
Of a petty nature. They were dispersed
and arrested by the police, tnat is the hood
+..auis were arrested and, | guess, the ,choo
boys were spanked and put TO bed without
any supper. Whether this was the dispo'
sal made Of them or not. II was etTectual III
closing the 'Rerolution' in the City oil
Mexico. ,
Thought that few lines about Amer.
cans and what they are doing in Mexico
might possible he OF interest to some Of the
readers of the Beacon. as | think that few
people have u correct idea ofthc amount oil
American capital and enterprise this loun-
try holds,
The American Colony In the City Of Mex,
leo numbers 10000 or 1900 inhabitants.
\ great many come heie on account OF their
health, the hcalthiul climate and high al
titude being very beneficial to any Kind of
lung trouble. Others come here for occu.
pation, because salaries are some better
than In the United States. But there are
n few and not such Il very few either. who
come erc because they are wanted at home.
The greater part OF the colony is employed
by, or connected with, the numerous rail-
ways in the Republic. All the railroads
owned BY American capital (Which consUi-
tutos about three. fourtls OF the mileage in
the country are operated BY Americans, rs
are also one or two Of the English and ma
tive lines, American rolling stock is almost
universally nsed. The lutcroceauic and
Mexican Southern roads have imported y
few English engines and cars. But Eu.
glish rolling stock 10 not popular here the
locomotives show up badly when placed
side by side with our machines. Farm ma
chinory, (where machinery Is uscdO ia
American. Sewing machines, watches,
clocks and such like all come from Uncle
Sam, Aud in regard to sewing machines
lust here let me make u remark about the
pcculiaritics of our tariff laws. \ sewing
machine OF the ordinary type, which, costs
u people at home from $50 to $40. is sold
here for 500 and $50. Clark's thread, for
which our merchants pay from fifty to fifty.
five cents per dozen, is sold here at i've
cents per spool-MeXican currency. Fun
ny protection We have at home, Looks
like We are trying to protect our ~neiyhhors
from our wi wOlfsh manufacturers, while
We ourselves pay for it. But | was trying
TO write about our enterprise abroad and
not our evils at home, so PARDON the d.
erosion, Mr., Editor, and | will write you
more about railroads.
At present there Is II great deal of activi-
ty IN building here. The National Tehu.
Sntepcc road, across the Isthmus Of that
name. was commenced some three months
ago, and is being pushed ahead as fast as
money and American energy can push any,
thing, If 1.-THE road be completed within III.
teen months from date Of commencemonl.
the government Will give the builders Il DO.
nus Of Sl5o,0O0. And despite the sickness
of employers, and Inconvenience of getting
materials, everything point.
TO completion within the specified time.
The road is being built by Il company of
American capital = for .he Mexican gov
ernmen:.
The .IDternai.yrM l'I' rv began its ex-
from TorreCu toIn 'eo City last
and | learn that NJ, he grading
VIII be finished this week. making dis
of go Kilometres in seven and A hall
months, and some of the work was heay v,
most OF it is light embankmcut, rum
ming from a meter to a meter and II half in
The line beyond Cuernavaca, in reaching
low lands, pass through some OF the lin
mountain scenery In America, and in
the low country rich urdoycloped coffee
afe crossed, virgin forests of mahog-
any. ebony and rosewood are tapped, and
valuable mines are reached.
Nothing is palmer than that, with the SUI
gar In and around Cuernavnca, the coffee
and precious woods of tho low country and
Tue mines OF the mountains, this will be one
Of the best paying roads in the Republic.
That our capitalists sec this and believe it,
d proven by the fact that they put their
money in this enterprise.
The inter-conmcTce OF this country. when
,nce developed by the always growing sys.
.ems OF railroads, will ill for the north II
ong felt need, that is, cheaper transport
md closer connections with tie products
Of the tropics and the south. Heretofore
We havs depended OIL the somewhat errat-
C trade of the South American republics.
or our %coifees, indigo and finer woods.
The resources Of Mexico, so long dormant
lrc now about to be awakened. and require
'ut to be known to be appreciated by the
ar-seeing merchant princes OF our enter
land. IT'S surprising indec, that
hey so long have been content to search
'ver the seas for spices, which grow in pro-
iision at our door step, in Mexico.