The herald., 1897-01-17

1.-The future of Mexico as com
mercial center Is assured. 1t is, under
the aGlmtnis tration of President DIaz,
going ahead SO fesL that the old resi-
dents of the republic cam scarcely keep
pace with it. 1t is not a country for the
poor man, but for the Americar with
four or FIVE thousand dollars the posi-
bilities are immense. In other words
It Is not a country for the man looking
for work, but is the country for the
investor In the lands adjacent to the
coast coffee. sugar, tobaccos anGl fruits
of all kinds abound. The Mexican to-
bacco, since the Cuban revolution, IS
finding growing market both in the
United States and in Europe especially
so in the last year, as great numbers
of Cubanis from the tobacco provinces
of Cuba-retfugees from their country
have settled in Mexico and are bring
ing the culture of tobacco to a much
higher plane than formerly. The Mex
lean orange finds a ready market in the
United States. In fact the supply does
not fill a quarter Of the demand
Manufactures of all kinds are rap
IDLY springing up all over the republic,
cheap raw material, cheap labor. cheap
money (acting as a prohibitory tariff
against the importations of articles
manufacturedD and growing market.
The policy of the government is also to
aid in every possible way the establish
ment of such nanufa cturing plants of
all kinds"
But in my opinion there is more mon
ey to be made in agricultural and live
stock (growing cattle and hogs for the
market), corn and small grains, corn es-
pecially, as the Mexican laborer, in fact
the entire Mexican population subsist
principally on corn and the many
thousand car and steamer loads import
n t,,fo fboo M f11I r mot fhe nQSf
or two could just as we'll have been
raised there"
WAGES IN MEXICO.
"Outside of railroads work am not
very we'll informed. In the engineering
line instrument mem receive from S12o
to 5000 per month; rodmen and assist
ants, $50 to $125; engine eers in charge of
party, SITS to $500. In the operating de-
partment on most roads the engineers
are paid by the mile, making from $125
to $3.50 per month. The same with
freight conductors. Passenger conduct
ors. $140 to SITS; firemen from $75 to
500; brakemen from s35 to s60:> Office
clerks from $25 to s125; dlispatchers from
SIPS to $50; telegraph operators from
$50 to $125; mechanics from 81 to S. per
clay: stenographers from $l00 to $3.50 per
month. Carpenters, masons, painters
and that class of artisans are not SO well
pdlQt us MtAiCdH5 { S'iirPuOyC0 a.
most exclusively in those lines"
ITO the tourist and sight-seer, Mex
leo offers unusual inducements. Besides
the grandeur of the scenery of its noun
tains and valleys, which is unsurpassed
in any part of the world, the numerous
places OF interest in the City of Mexico
are enough to employ the time of the
traveller for an indefinite period. There
are the plazas Of Alameda and Zocalo,
where military bands play several days
and evenings of each week. Paseo, the
famous drive of Mexico. leading to Cha
pultepec, is lined with statues by noted
sculptors At the head is the famous
statue of Charles Nv, the largest single
casting in the world. At the corner of
San Andreas and Betlemitas streets
stands the Mineria. the school of engi-
neers and mines. built at a cost of 81 ,500,
900. This is the work of the sculptor
and artist, Tolsa. The most prominent
building in the city is tic cathedral
built upon the site of the great Aztec
temple, destroyed by the Spaniards in
1921 A period of ninety-four years
elapsed after the laying of the first
stone (1573) and the final dedication
(1667). and 100 years after that event
the towers were completed. The build
ing = as7 feet long. III feet wide. the