The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-03-04

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A BETTER CLASS FAMILY.
ton has become easier a great reduction
| has taken place.
| To understand prices in this country one
must study out the transportation ques-
| ton. Mexico raises from sea level on the
| Atlantic aud Pacific coasts 10 an dllI -
| of 3OOG. 5000 1000 ana lO,0OO teet' rms
brings within her limits every line OF pro
! duction. In fact Il would De uuhcut "
| ind Il product that would not grow some
! where in Mexico. The cereals can he raiS-
! ed all over the country and an hlI 1
| "a eater variety than almost anywhere elSe.
! Corn wheat barley and rice also enter mo
! the productions of the country 10 such an
extent that it might be made sel-supp ~; y :
! ing as 10 it's food products, instead OF III
porting about S,00000 of breadstuIS IIoIl
! the United States the year pa@F. lnti
everything within the range o. the tropics
| crows here. From sea coast to table land
| the eye rests upon an ever-changing scene
bf veTetatiOr.
The Want of Rcpid Transit.
Notwithstanding ali these advantages the
( want Of common and rapid transportation
/ lccalizes every product, rendering it cheap
/ er often to import article from a state
adjoining whence IL would have TO come
on the back of the patient burro. ne
primitiye transportation by carriers Ior-
| babe transportation for long distances.
burro wound eat up the entire NSlue "
/ any pack he might carry on trip OF thlr,y
J miles unless it the precious metals
! The country is SO broken and mountainous
! as to render travel difficult. in TINS way
I il happens that in one valley, where sc"
sons have been favorable, there are loOu
! products going 10 waste, so aDunCant was
/ the crop and wages fell 10 zero. because
there was nothing 10 pay the la0orers win.
/ There was no possible market except upon
ellch terms of transportation as IL CoClu
J rot be reached. In the next valley, where
! drcughts had cut off all hope of return,
there would be famine, and the lnhao-
itants could not feed their burroS 10 go 20
market and if they did, the burro would
ha
home Added to this was the lack OF IN
accommodation, so that 4 dainlshins
/ district could not tell where the "ESypt III
which there was corn" This state
Of affairs meant n thorough depreciation
Of agriculture. The corn might De worth
2 dollar a bushel in market. bug II WoCId
cost two dollars TO take II there Those VINO
/ live in Georgia can readNy understand
the situation il they will imagine Towns
n,,tv farmer with a crib fun of corn
and his nearest market in Dalton. The corn
has a fixed value. and is in demand, nut
I. costs tpo much to take it TO market;
hence the resort to moonshinins, in order
10 get some money
The difference I'm Prices.
have stated all this in such detail so
as TO show that high prices should be the
rorroaI condition of things in Mexico.
yvben there is added to what has already
boon stated the fact that over 100000 men
Win their families are engaged in silver
mining il will lie seen how the consump-
ton largely exceeds the means or trans2of-
teton In satisfy it. The following average
n rIirC If n fanega Of corn 1.-TWO bushels) Is
given from report of two years ago: or
At Topic. - - - . o.
At Guadalajard. - e. - - - "a
At Cuatzngo - - - - '' "a
At Allende.. - - - - - & S0
At AlamoS - - - n0
This MS ronarIabie differences in price"
saws the article. lis noticed on some olher
Grains and produce. such as beans, chick
peas. wheat, and is due b the duIeren .
conditions of each locality, emu fSpe -,jn;
to the abundance or scarcity OF ram "IicIl
! naturally affects the crops, and also TO
the consequent high freiEhts IrlceS "ouIu
find their level IL grain could, Tor ihStd ,,
! be carried proftably from me places Wrcu ,
il is abundant 20 those where the crops
have failed or been poor.
"Ccrners" Ina Mexico.
There is still another reason for the high
pr;ces of products hitherto. In the Chlteu
/ States there have been formed corners ioI
the control of wheat, corn ana pork, III
which New York and Chicago spectators
Aeeced the country. Their plan would oe
to get in hand options On all tne laI6o
stocks held in the country. by TINS time
the farmer had parted with his produce
| and could not be benefited by the rise upon
which the Spectator was gong 10 ui i.
1t has been reserved for Mexico ID WltheSs
| the corner idea from new point Vi
view. The lands throughout Mexico are
generally held in immense estates. hate
heard of one hacienda, the front gate 10
which was fifteen miles away. Naturally
| the managers of such immense eStaphshg
ments are sharp men, VINO Keep 'tN i9Su -
| the abundance or scarcity OF crops. One
such man by Withholding his own produce
| from sale until he forces rise, IS cur
| ner'' sufficient to himself. and can throw
! a whole territory into want AS son 80 Ss
he does this he can afford to send ms WIle
and daughter off to Paris or Madrid, anu
! lot the Door WretcheS at nome work OUT
! their own salvation. High prices are
! therefore, the result of no market ana 10
! not show the real cost of living in Mexico,
| for i'm every section there are products Pc
cuIiar TO itself sufficient to sustain me-
One of the greatest agencies tIdt MAJ
VET entered the field for the smashing OF
! the local corners in Mexico. by intro
| ducing American food competition, was tne
National railroad, of which Atiantas as
! tiuguished citizen, Captain RaOul, is pTeSl-
! dent other railroads have also confirm
uted 10 a remarkable change in the Stun
I ton. and the Inauguration. under the mn
{ pulse of American direction. OF truck lat ,ln
near the cities, together with the growing
development Of all lines of agriculture
are working revolution in accommodating
I the supply to the demand. This state
ment conclusively proves that the burro as
| an agent of freight means high prices
1 whilst the locomotive means low prices.
| The Cost OF Living.
! "Rut" think hear some sound mon
! ev Atlanta man say. has not the depre-
| citation of Mexican money raised prices?
! Don't you have to pay two dollars where
YOU paid one before, in order TO keep even
| with the exchanse?"
The best way to answer this question Is
| by an object lesson. AS l had to eat
| something while in this city l concluded
| 10 make a test. / secured n large and
| DIeasant room in the GuardiOia hotel Tor
| one Mexican dollar, or 30 cents American,
| a day. For the same room would nave
| had 10 nav one American or two Mexican
| dollars in the Hotel st. Dennis of New
| York a house of equal character. In other
words the cost in Mexico is sl5 in Ameri-