The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-07
ADVANCE In MEXICO.
UNDER REGIME or PRESIDENT olAz IT
MAY BECOME a PROMINENT NATION.

Railroad Construction a Leading Feature
OF Its Industrial Development-No Pos
sibIIity OF Mexico. Near Adoption of a
Gold Bass.
William Guggenheim. one of the
members of the well known mining and
smelter firm which Is operating on
large scale in Mexico. arrived IN Den
yer recently after trip through the
Mexican republic He says the awaken
ing in Mexico Is moving steadily for
ward. and capital of Europe and Amer
lea is seekln. investment IN the silver
republic
Mexico" : said III the course Of
an interesting j. terrlew last evening,
lis producing 90, O00 ueo OF 100000 600
ounces OF silver year, but, strange 70
say. the copper and lead product has not
! advanced IN the same ratio This is evil
| denced as all the smelter stacks erected
within the past five years are not run
ming. although we happen 10 have all
! of our furnaces IN blast at the present
! time The sme!ters are suffering from
| shortage Of fiuXing ores and lead and
copper tlux Is needed 4 order to Keep
| the smelters in operation
1t Is only a question Of time when
railroads Will be completed by means
of whrch sufficient auxes OF al. kinds
will be furnished.
Railroad construction Is progressing
with the same rapidity as 10 the past
The most important railroad IN course
of building just now Is the road TO the
Pacific ocean. which Colonel joe Hamp-
son is building. The government OF the
republic Is taEi1g q lively interest III
this road 1t passes through magnih'
cent agricultural and mineral country,
sufficient TO warrant handsome returns
upon the investment il nothing but ll9
local business We're to be depended upon
Il hallway from Chihuahua to the Paci
| &c coast is also considered, and 1t Is
likely this road Will be built within
reasonable time.
THE agricultural districts have been
visited by abundant rains, insuring
good crops This, however, Is not looked
upon with favor by the large manu &C.
| turers, as the wants of the Mexican ~
| borers are so few that it may be very
| difficult 10 secure workmen in the man
ufacturing and smelling establishments.
| When good crops come, the laborers are
not inclined to seek for work. SO much
| capital has been invested in the country
within the last few years that scarcity
of labor is already felt. This is particu-
| larry true of the northern part of Next
co, where the cost of living is higher
and the wages are double what they are
| in the southern part of the republic.
This may be partly accounted for by the
| higher prices of commodities in north
| ern Mexico, but it is certain that wages
are on the increase in the same region.
"In addition 10 the mining industry,
which is the greatest industry Of the re-
public, considerable interest is shown
| in raising coffee, tobacco and other agri-
! cultural products, as well as in manu-
| featuring cotton goods, which are In
large demand in the country. The de-
| velopment in these directions will be
something remarkable. F"
Mr.. Guggenheim says it is physical
impossibility for Mexico to move to a
gold basis and there is net the slightest
|
| ey is not used to any great extent, ex-
cept between commercial houses, and
the laborers are all paid in silver. The
| tariff agitation in this country is not
receiving any attention in Mexico, as
! the people are too busy with their own
| affairs to very over the troubles of the
United States
II notice the sad experience of Amer
leans seeking a fortune in the goldfields
Of Bolivia" said Mr.. Guggenheim.
1.-THE American workman should bear
in mind that there is no place so favor
able as the United States so far as his
own welfare is concerned. Mexico pre-
sents field not for the laborer, but for
the capitalist. Cheap labor invites capt.
tai TO Mexico The cost of living, as
people live in this country, is much
higher, as all commodities must be i'm
| ported. The tremendous investments Of
foreign capital are due largely to con-
fidence in the administration of Presi-
dent Diaz, one of the most remarkable
men of public affairs in the world. If
the plans of President Diaz and his cab
met are carried out, Mexico will soon
become one of the prominent nations Of
the world ~
Mr.. Guggenheim says although he
passed through Chihuahua he heard
nothing of the finding of the remains Of
Schlatter, and in fact never heard the
name of Schlatter mentioned in Mexico.
The visitor will remain several days in
the city, after which he will make a
trip to the Kootenai country. -Denver
Daily News.
The Borgia Rooms Restored.
Pope Leo recently threw open the