El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-02
A BREEZY LETTER
From the Land of the Noon Day
SUn'

land of the noon day sun" has been
msnomer as applied to this city during
the past fall and up to the present time
this winter. In fact the face OF the sur
has been shaded most Of the time: the
Oldest inha bitant makes the usua
claim that he never saw the like before
The rainy season lasted longer thar
usual and then the cold started in
early, making it very disagreeabl bic.
There has been no great amount OF
sickness, but the poor people have
suffered intensely. The people of thi.
city talk of the glorious climate and
the Americans here write to their
friends in the states about coming to
this point to avoid the rigorous winters,
but the fact is that the climate is not
near so good as that at Ell Paso, and
more especially is this so in regard to
people suffering from pulmonary
affections. This climate is entirely too
damp for comfort and the houses are
| built so that they are always cold.
| When the sun does shine then II 1s
| pleasant, but the meteorological reports
of this city and FL Paso will show that
| the latter has twice as many clear days
as the former. There are many that
will dispute this assertion but If they
will take the pains to look up the facts
they will find the truth OF the asser-
| tion.
There are many other cities in this
republic that have much better climates
than this city. Guadala jara and
OriZaba both have excellent climates,
but it is doubtful whether either Of
these cities have as good climate for
those suffering from lung troubles as
Ell Paso. AS this is subject that is
liable to get me into an argument l
shall have to quit it, but still assert
that that 'sland of sunshine is mis-
nomer for the City of Mexico.
TIDE OF IMMIGRATION.
Many people are coming from the
states to this country just now looking
for Investments for the idle capital
that they have had tied up in their old
socks for the past four years. They all
want to go into the coffee, orange, to-
bacco or fruit planting. Some OF them
will succeed but more will fail. The
failure will not be because the country
is not adapted to those products, but
because they do not understand the
ways of the people they Will have to
handle, the mode OF procedure for the
cultivation of these plants, while 9TH
ers will get tired of waiting so long as
it will be necessary to wait before
they get any returns from their ir-
vestments and will leave the country
in disgust and will then give it bad !
name. There are two ways for Amer
leans to successfully go into the above
business in this country so
that they can get q good profit out Of it
and that is TO either form a colony and
go into it tha at way or form syndicate
and paw some man who understands
the natives and knows how to work
them. OF the two ways the latter is
far the most profitable and will always
be the most successful way for Amer
leans to go into the cultivation of
+0LN Of a
other big crops from which big profits
are made.
THE AMERICANS AND SPANIARDS.
The relations between the AD ericans
and Spanards in this city during the
past month has been very strained, but
so far there has been no open rupture,
although there is likely to be at any
time. The Spaniards are very insult
ing when they catch an American off
by himself and there are three or four
of them present. They make remarks
that will some day cause a serious
conflict and as both nationalities cling
close together in the habitual haunts
a bout the city, when the fight does take
place it is likely to be daisy and
there are likely to be many broken
heads and bruised cOntenances, and |
would not be surprised if the fatal
results would not be more than those
thdC the spanish FtpOT6 Ill Iue4i no"
famous bulletins about their routes OF
the rebels in Cuba. The Mexicans are
on the side of the Americans and it is |
an every day occurrence to hear of !
clash between Mexican and a Span |
lard over the Cuban question. If any
thing happens 1 will let you hear from |
me.
MONEY SPENT ON FEA SITS.
Of course it is none of my business to
meddle in Mexican municipal affairs, |
but must stop to remark that there is |
an enormous amount of money spent in |
this city annually by the city admins |
tration on feasts and frOlics. II a city |
council in the states were to spend the |
peoples money with such a lavish hand |
for entertainment they would be taken |
out and lynched. Nearly every month |
has from one to two feast days and |
each feast costs the city council from |
$1,000 to $4,000. How would it hit the |
people of Ell Paso if their board of SOL |
ons would appropriate that much mon
ey even for the entertainment of the |
Texas State Firemen who will be there
in May? Oh, wouldn't they roar. 1t
would even make Judge Coldwell lose
his even temper and amiable dis
position.
The taxes here are already heavy
and if they should adopt any more pub
lie holidays l do not know what would
become of the taxpayer.
PULQUE AND PULQUE DRINKERS.
Pulque is the beverage of the Mexi-
can and without it | do not see how the
poorer class could live-it is the main
of their subsistence. 1t is
true that the pulque joints could be
better regulated so that they would
smell little better to passers by on
the streets, but that the drink holds
life together with some of the tipplers
there is no doubt and that it kills 9th
ers there is less doubt. The poorer
class can live on a cents worth OF meat,
a cents worth of tOrtillas and a cents
worth of pulque all day, but if they
have any money left it goes for pulque
1t is not only the poorer class that
drink pulque but all classes Of natives
and many of the americans that come
to this country, buc | must say that the
better class of MeXicans do not drink
pulque in the dives but have it sent to
their houses in clean bottles and are
very careful to buy it from dealers
only who they know are clean. [ am
sorry to say that Americans go into
the dives and drink a gallon or so and