San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.

SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Mexico as Field For Investments
Mexico is the Best and
Safest Country in the World to
do Business-As a Rule Her Mer-
chants Now Pay Cash for all That
Sell for Cash-Hence They Sell
dom Have Failures Here-What
the Americans Have Done for
Mexico.
MONTEREY, N. l.. Jan. 4. 49,
To the Daily LIGHT:
1t is beyond a question of doubt
that there is no country in the
known world that offers such in
ducements to capitalists as Mex
leo.
There has not been an enterprise
started in the country the past
fifteen yaars that was properly
managed but what has paid large
dividends.
1t is q good country to do trade
with.
AS a rule her merchants now
pay cash for all the goods that
they purchase and they sell for
cash. Hence they seldom have
any failures in this country.
Thus it will be seen that Mexico
is one of the safest and best coun-
tries in the world to do business
in. Ten years ago the San An
tonic merchants did large bust
ness with the Mexican merchants.
But none now.
The Americans have done more
for Mexico than all other nationali-
ties. Mexico is indebted to them
for her present form of govern
ment. President Porfirio Diaz is
indebted to them for his election
in 1875, II they had not aided him
on that OCCASION, he could not have
succeeded in overthrowing Presi-
dent Lirdo de Tijado.
When Napolean sent his soldiers
to this country in 1902, for the
purpose of overthrowing the Re-
public, and establish in its stead
an Empire by placing Maximil-
ian on the throne, 1t was the
Americans that commanded Ma
polean to withdraw his soldiers
which he did and soon after Maxi
milan was captured and executed.
1t was the Americans that
stamped out the revolutions that
were started on the north side of
the Rio Grande in 1890 by Gen eral
Sandoval and by Catarina Cara
in 1892.
1t was Americans and American
captilists that projected and built
her railroads, opened her mines,
erected her smelters, built her
factories, opened her harbors and
caused peace and prosperity to
prevail throughout the country.
AS / have been travelling in the
border states since 1874 l know
much about the country. In those
days you could not hear of any
thing talked of but revolution.
The country was over run by revo-
lutionists, bandits and smugglers.
They run things to suit themselves
so that there was not anything
done towards developing the re-
sources of the country.
Soon after President Diaz took
charge of the reigns of government
he invited American capitalists to
come to this country. He granted
them liberal commissions for the
building of railroads, the opening
of mines, the erection of smelters,
factories and the opening of har-
bors on the seacoast so that there
is not state in the republic but
what their money is invested in.
In April 1881, the Mexican
Construction company broke
ground at Nuevo Laredo on the
Rio Grande for the building of the
Mexican National Railroad.
This was strictly an Amiercan
enterprise, and it was built by
American money with the excep.
tlon of portion Of the road be-
tween Saltillo and Taluca.
Up to 1881 nearly every piece OF
goods that was sold in this country