The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
LIFE IN OLD MEXICO
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EDIT
OR SAYS HE LIKES THE
COUNTRY
CHINESE COME IN HoRDEs
West Coast Merchants Petition the
Federal Government for Relief
From the Tide of I'm
migration.

CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 6-Dr Paul
Reinsch, professor OF political science at
the University of Wisconsin, is in the
City with his wife and before they re-
turn to the North will make tour of
the hot lands and spend some time on
the isthmus
agriculture is not in my usual line Of
work, said DR.. Reinsch, 'Tbut the way
1t Is conducted on the big plantations of
this country give me much to study and
enllghten me in many ways as to poIiti-
cal conditions. A study of plantation
life here is practically a study of CO.
olnial government and that is a thing
In which 1 am greatly interested, as |
am preparing a book on the question
which will be published about the first
of the year
People in the United States really
know very little about Mexico, as 1 can
see now that I am here Their inter-
est IN foreign nations, however, is be-
coming greater since their possessions
have so greatly enlarged. and I am con-
hdent that thecoming Pan-American con-
gress will be far more closely watched
than was the. previous session, even
though that was held in the United
States.
WONDER AT COOL SUMMERS.
1t seems strange that the Mexican sum-
4leT cl1hlate Is not better known In
the United States most people have the
loea that 1t Is intensely hot down here
and the fact that one has to sleep un-
der blankets every night and that light
oVeecoat is welcome in the evening can
hardly be understood "
Inc report of the government regarding
the mineral output of the country which
has just been issued, shows an increase
over last year The report is only com
pieted through the tenth month of the
fiscal, but these figures indicate a STEADY
growth in mining The exports for ten
months Of the fiscal year were sS2. 3f2 1877.
and for the corresponding ten months of
the previous year were $66, 572, 761, showing
a balance in favor of the last period of
S15,739 1926.
In the first ten months of the fiscal
year, 1S99-19O0. the minis of the republic
coined s15,S39, 49, ond of this amount
ABOUT SS,VOOVO was exported, the balance
remaining as a part of the metallic re-
serve of the country. In the first ten
months of the fiscal year, 19OO-19O1 the
mints coined $14, 9S4 163, but a greater
amount than this was exported the bal
ance being taken from the reserve.
RUSH PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS
WORK
Work on the hall of ambassadors in
the national palace where the session of
the Pan-Americon congress is to be held
is being rushed night and day Such
haste, which necessitates the EMPLOY
ment Of three separate forces of labor
ers is a thing almost unknown in Mexi-
co. But the great hall is to be practically
rebuilt for the occasion and there is
no time to be lost if it is to be ready
when the delegates arrive.
The hall. which received It's name be-
cause of the fact that it has always been
used by President Diaz for the reception
of ambassadors accredited to this coun-
try, occupies nearly one-half of the
front of the palace and is on the second
floor.
With the exception Of the opening ard
closing sessions the meetings of the con-
gress will be secret, as was the case
at the first session, but it i expected
that a urinary of each days progress
will be made public at then close of the
session. This, however, is for the dele
gates to decide.
Among the excursions planned for the
delegates is one to the wonderful caves
of Cacahuamilpa. Another excursion
will be to the great drainage canal
SCIENTIFIC WORLD IN PROGRESS.
Experiments in wireless telegraphy are
being made by the government under the
direction of NJ Sauvede, a distinguished
French electrician. Several stations have
been erected in different parts of the
valley in places which would afford a
test of the efficacy of the system, as at
none of them will the conditions be the
same. Some of the stations in this city,
where they are surrounded by numerous
wires of the telegraph, light and tele-
phone companies
So far as possible the tests are being
made sort of obstacle race but as far
as they have been conducted they have
been more satisfactory than the govern
ment off1cills had toDsd Coed results
have been obtained at tIistaLce of more
than 1,5Oo meters, and still greater dis
tances, and more difficult obstacles will
be attempted
WANT RELIEF FROM CHINESE.
Thgovernrnent has ben petitioned bv
merchants and residents of the west
coast for some relief in the matter of
Chinese Immigration. The petitioners