Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-18
Mexico VS.. Egypt.

Mexico VS.. Egypt.
Very many of the gold standard
orators and its newspaper press in
quire of the people through these
means if they desire to Mexicanize
the United States. Mexico, as pic
tured by them, would not be desira-
BILE feature for the United States, nor
is it, if their picture is true, for that
country. Our good christian pilgrim
fathers who settled this country
thought the aborigines ou]y fit for
determination. This work went on
over century to greater or less en-
tent. Remnants of the various tribes
are now colonized upon Indian reser-
vations throughout the country, one
which is in Tama county, in this
state, in civilization but little above
the condition of theil ancestors of
three centuries ago. The Jesuit
Priests who came to Mexico about
the same time entered upon the work
of educating, Outstanding and civil
izing the native Indian races which
they found there. Ninety per cent
of the native population of Mexico
contain Indian blood; its President
Diaz, who in intellect and statesman
ship compares favorably with the
ablest and best OF our presidents be-
ing DESCENDANT of the Indian race.
The work of building up people
and country out of such elements
has been slow, but it's success is as
sured. If these orators and papers
alluded to would compare Mexico
with herself, showing its yearly pro-
gress in the development of the coun-
try in all that makes a state and a
people, or, if they would compare
that country with the condition of
any of the Indian tribes under the
Jurisdiction of the United States, our
Tama county Indians included, they
would at least show themselves hon
est, though the comparison would be
vastly in favor of Mexico. Mexico
makes its own laws, elects its own
rulers, levies and collects it's owntax-
es, has its own courts to Interpret and
construe its laws, has its own rail
road system-none of it's roads in the
hands of receivers, all paying ample
dividends-is building up manufac-
lures in almost every line and is hav-
ing millions of capital pouring in and
being invested in its industries and
enterprises, from not only the United
States. but from the enterprising and
wealthy of all other countries. Mexi-
&C is upon silver basis, but its silver
dollars are worth just as much in
Lombard street as the silver dollars
of the United States, and its securi-
ties command as much and find as
ready investment.
Now let us compare conditions of
Mexico with those of Egypt which is
on gold standard. Egypt, the seat
of science, literature and art, ages be-
fore Mexico was known to civiliza-
ton, the seat of the most power full
nation and kingdom of antiquity, in
about the latitude of Mexico, watered
with the river Nile and with the most
productive soil in the world. Its
bonded debt to England is such that
the English government has estab.
lished so-called protectorate for the
benefit of its money lenders and
usurers, levies the taxes of Egypt
and maintains standing army There
to enforce their collection and pay
ment. A full account of its loans, O.
the english commission to collect its
revenue for the benefit OF it's usurers,
may be found in the encyclopedia Bri
tannica, an English authority, which
none will question. 1t is infinitely
better that.this country be Mexicaniz
ed than that it be Egyptianized witt
English commissioners stationed a
our ports to collect and receive it
duties levied upon imports, and t.
take charge of the earnings and in
come of our railroads for the benefi
of the jews of England and German,
But all these calamities will be avert
ed in the election of Bryan with /,
congress in sympathy with his views