Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-04
THE FUTURE OF MEXICO.

The future of Mexico seems secure If
the testimony of those entirely familiar
with conditions existig in our sister re-
public are to be believed. Charles p.
Bond, writing to the Boston Journal
from the City of Mexico, says:
Today Mexico Island every tourist
and visitor to the country 3 a witness
to the fact-the safest country on the
American continent. Life, property, hu-
man rights, indeed all interests of what
soeVer character, are even-and I say it
delberately-mOres secure than with our
own people. The government, under the
benign rule of Diaz for twenty years or
more has become SO solidified that its
stability is beyond question. Efforts to
create apprehension by wondering what
will follow the rule of Diaz are simply
poweress. The men in authority-many
OF them, at least-are statesmen as we'll
as military leaders, that WILL compare
favorably with the best on the American
stage Of craftsmanship of the present
day.
When Diaz has finished his rule-ani
1t really begins now to look as if the time
was near at hand-his successor, whether
it be Marischal or the secretary of war,
will be leader who will command the
respect and confidence of the people,
who will conduct the affairs of the gov
eminent IN the same conservative anc
yet progressive manner that the beloved
executive of the present time is doing
No. indeed, there is no reason for appce-
hending any uprising with the retire.
ment of Diaz from power. The people,
almost en- masse, would rise against any
attempt at instruction. Factions party
interests and all manner Of cliques would
be simply buried by the wave of popular
sentiment that would be aroused at once
upon the suggestion of revolution.
That is all in line with the opinions OF
former Secretary John w. Foster and
others, and the future of the country IS
very bright. The seed of modern civil,
ization has been we'll planted The tree
is sure to grow in most healthy max.
ner, and the fruit will be of the best.
The days of revolution. of political in
trigues and Vaccinations; the days Of
primitive ideas and of crude results; the
days of slow-going, of self-contentei
business methods and of hostility to that
which is new and progressive, have long
since passed. Capital and brains, in
conjunction with energy and modern
ideas, are steadily working out a change
and accomplishing results for this coun-
try that are simply wonderful. The rail
is, the new industries that have
sprung up; the telephone. the establish
ment Of perfect peace and order; the ex-
tension of the countrys educational
facilities: the steady breaking down Of
old superstitions and traditions that
have for generations stood as barriers
to everything of an enterprising charac-
ter, and the clear demonstration to the
people that progress, a perfect civiliza-
ton and wise development are better
for them, will make them better citizens
and VIII give to them a larger wealth
than the dreamy and unsettled sort %
existence that they have been accus-
TONED to for centuries-all these things
have opened the eyes of this people
widely, and infused in them to a sur
prising degree much Of the enthusiasm
that enters so largely into the America,
character.
Mexico as a country has caught the