The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-11
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they cannot be supplanted. The Cornish
men are great miners. working in them
from infancy. What they do not know M
one does.
Manufacturing is also increasing here,
and if the silver situation remains rs il is.
look for Mexico 10 do her own manufac-
turing within five years; then the United
states VIII lose that large trade which she
has been enjoying. There Is a cotton fac
tory at Orizaba-you must visit (which
turns out excellent goods. and sells ali il
can make. For the last three years it has
paid 10 per cent dividends aud the diyi-
dend row about due VIII be Il per cent
building up Mexico said the colonel
muSingly. why tn fight on silver is
building up India. There IS a large expor-
tation OF Mexican silver dollars to India.
II was a great mistake that England made
in antagonizng the silver communities.
Nhen mintnS OF the rupee was stopped il
was Tor double purpost-to increase the
purchasing power Of the outstanding rupee
ana 10 force the circulation of the hidden
Eoid- Il IS estimated that there is Si000O0.-
of' i'm gold hidden ont In India The effect
Of this legislation has been that since tho
silver rupee is no longer on equal terms
Tor banking or exchange, that it is stili
worth ali it ever WAS for living eating,
drinking. wearing. building cuItivatina. the
fields and for everything else under the sun
except Tor the one item Of buying a rupee in
gold
one or the visitors 10 this CITY whom 7
have met IS Colonel y. T. Srnonds one o.
the heaviest grain merchants OF Kansas
city. He is ON his way to inspect some
cotton lands, which he has purchased in
1ltatla.
was" said he. "oue OF the strongest
Cleveland men in the country during the
last presidential campaign. But he has
killed the farmer dead by his silver antae-
onism. The Argentine republic and India.
two silver countries. are heavy connect
tors in the wheat market. The Argentine
wheat grower can sell his wheat for so
cents bushel in gold and convert that -
cents buck into SI.t0 cents OF his Own
money. That M.40 viii buy for its holder
food, drink. clothes ana all the necessities
OF his situation AT the same price al which
these things have always been sold. The
poor American farmer. with his 90 cents IL
his pocket, gets only 50 cents worth OF
produce, and with the competition against
his wheat finds himself 10 be unders0ld.
The British merchant has the American
merchant ~ the throat, and VIII hold him
there as long as he finds allies ia our own
government ready t. help him do so. The
people of Boston think that the United
States is composed of "a strip of country
embracing the Atlantic cities down TO Bal
timore. Outside OF that il is only the the
provinces, ana they are ent,led TO no con-
sderatlon Whatever Icu bay talk about
De- =
TO worse of than the wheat grower There
is no use Ct talking a.oGt b, the American
farmer is ruined lie cannot set cost TO-
his crops, he cannot sell his land for It is
worth nothing under the gold standard. and
/ suppose, ne must content himself 10 be-
come a serf without spi1it or hope.
An Atlanta SoIony.
"Pegleg" Williams is about to become
as well known III Mexico as De is in Al
lanta and North Carolina. lie has under
taken contract H. rush 5.pJ0 Georgia ne
lyroes down 90 the state If Durango. where
they are to form colony under supervision
of a company known as the FiahUado COL
oniza dion and Industrial Company, backed.
it IS said. hv British capital or course.
this company have large concession 9f
land which they want to have settled Up.
and the first shipment VIII leave Az
Ianta on. tine 1g,A gE June next. with
Williams as the commander ia chief. As
u TIN success oI Che colony there g.ll1 be a
diversity OF opinion. on tEe train south
from san Antonio there Was a1 apartment
''ior whites and -.i1T cetoIcd passengers.
The MeSieans alOns the way. though much
blacker than the negroes VINO happened 10
be on the train when / saw them. took the
white mans apartment, and held himself
as much alonf from tae negroes as the
strongest advocates Of tho colored line
could have wished f1r. ON crossing the
1910 G-ande. however. the color line dis
appeared, ana White, black and Mexican
stood upon perfect equality.
There are various colonies throughout
Mexico, organized upon plans t. develop
ideas If cran0y nature. AS the country
is large, it IS easy to find retired SPOT TOR
refarmers ana social equality people. VINO
desire 10 brin-s about the millennium ahead
OF ITS time. Among them are AIormous and
co-operauonists and various other brands.
American Interests Growing.
'-Fhe American interests i'm MeAIco'' said
Mr.. Clark. 'are rapidly increasing. I have
had occasion 10 publish much lately Ola tais
line goiag 10 show that areat developments
are ahead. There is d heavy business being
conc in the expectation OF cattle from
northern Mexico into the United States,
under the operations of the Wilson bin.
There VIII be about 10000 head shipped from
northern Mexico 10 Kansas City ana Chica-
go within the next few weeks. Heretofore
the supply of beef cattle for the City q
MeXico has been largely from the northern
part OF the republic, but now the supply
comes from Oataca and other s.althevn
states, and the cattle in the northern sec
ton viii lind a market in the United States.
Large land deals are recorded every
day. \ New York firm purchased
So9.cV0 acres on the CorraIitos river, which
was arganizei into the CorraI;os conpaEy-
There are several thriving villages ON the
property with over 900 people ard $40 men
are At work ia the mines and employed
as transfers, tanners OF hides ana IN the
making of soap, blankets, shoes, etc. or
the ranges of the company there are $1,000
head OF well-bred caJtle. u.A0 head OF
sheep, $50 head of ansora goats and L50J
head OF horses. mares, etc. This Is II
northwest Mexico.
Another recent deal has been At the
autipodes from this on the isthmUs OF
Tehuantepec the property being known
IS the Hacienda de SAN Miguel. and the
purchasers being Cincinnati people. The
property comprises 45,to1 acres of land, of
which nearly one-haIt has been cleared.
There are between 3.U01 and t,o19 head OF
cattle on It, as well as sac head Of horses
and 400 houses. inhabited BY Ia families.
The purchase price was $2e.t3 III sold.
The new owners. MesSrs. Talton Em5ry.
OF Cincinnati; John Il. Embry, Il. T. Chiz-
man and d. 3. Mills, OF kentucky. intend
10 spend an additional quarter of a mill
lion on improvements and the installation
of sugar machinery and agricultural i'm
Elements 50 as 10 manipulate it after the
stvIe OF American aGriculturists.
a Kansas City company ABOUT a year
AGO purchased a tract of J0.0o0 acres on the
isthmus Of Tehauntepec. which they are