Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-20
MEXICO IS HARD HIT.
Talk Of Reputation Because Of De.
probation in Silver,
ASSASSIN AFTER PRESIDENT DiAz
One Of The Bloody Band That Aims TO
surder the Rulers of ALI the
Great Nations.

New York, Aug. 20 "A dispstoh
To the Herald from Mexico City esys;
Exchange OH Nav YORK. has :eachei
las premium. In other words
1t takes 2 IS Mexicss money to
buy au American dollar CON
tainIpg loss silver than the Mex.
lean. This erroneous depreciation
OF the Mexican dollar is running mer.
chants. They are caucellng ali orders
Tor imports, ana many will close their
stores, as they caunot sell the stock on
hand at rate high enough to replen.
ish them. They believe that the price
conspiracy abroad. Meanw hile home
manufacturers are booming, as the
depreciation In silver makes high
tariff wall. Coffee, sugar, tobacco and
sisal hemp planters are prosperous, as
they sell abroad for gold anu pay their
laborers In silver. Strange to say tn Is
Mexican dollar buys No much gooie a.
ever 1t did Cxcspt Of the imported va.
Tiety.
The government 10 hit hard, az 1t
has 10 pay the Interest on the foreign
uebt in gold. There ia some talk OF
regulating but there ia no telling
what President Disc may do. He
may refund the 0 per cent debt, pay
ing only 8 per cent hereafter. Capital
ISIS are fl jcking into the untry TO
taks advantage OF the high prem UNI
anu invest their golJ. The belief here
10 that labor paid In silver will even.
tually win against labor paid In gold.
In support OF that theory is pointed
out that the tin mines OF Cornwall
will have TO shut down becsuse they
cannot compete with those in the
Straits settlements and Borneo where
Mexican dollars are current. Bankers
here say handful OF men In London
are manipulating the money OF the
world, whlcn means that they are
ntrolling the rrices OF tue wOriJ AMI
chat It Ia the old fight OF monarchy
agsiust society.
II CHI Mexicaue, accustomed to liv-
ing much OF the tim abroad are stay
Ing at nome Investing their silver In
building and improvements. All kinds
OF real estate Is rapidly advancing la
price anu the demand for marons
ana contractors Ia large. Attention 8
being attracted To tropical agriculture.
ANARCHIST AT TER DIAz,
ST. JIou,s, Apg. 20--A eneclnl to
the 1ioUr-DsmUcrat from San
Antonio, Texas, says f. Z. GJusa.e.
editor OF FL Critic Dsl Pueblo, "a Spsn-
isb paper published in toe town OF
Beeville, ia IN receipt Of letter OF re-.
cent ua,e nom an IL fiuential friend in
Nj xico In which IL Is stated tnat the
authorities nave discovered an italian
anarchist who has just arrived In that
country with the intention of taking
the lie OF President Dlsz. The
anRrohist, the letter says, 10 kept IN
der tue striotest sur vsillancs anu will
be arrested the tirst demonstration he
makes or as soon as the chain OF svi.
dence csn be linkei u little closer.
The letter Is from un Official in the
City OF Mexico anu Mr.. Gonsales,
vouches for his reliability.
1t 10 believed that tho anarchist VINO
has marked President Diaz for his
victim belongs 10 tue bloouy band
whose aim Is to asssssinate the rulers
OF all the great nstions and that his
coming to America Ia in pursuance OF
a general plan.