New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-07

THE PASSING THRONG.

Juan Terrazas of Chihuahua. Mexico. who is one
of the best known men of the republic in business
and financial circles. is at present
MEXICO AS at the Waldorf What ne has TO
FIELD FOR say about Mexico and Mexican con-
ENDEAvoR. ditions may be regarded as nearly
ex cathedra the statement of an
inviduaI often is. At his hotel yesterday he SAID
I can truthfully declare that if a bright young
man wants field that offers him plenty OF oppor-
tunity and a good reward for honest work there Is
no better field than Mexico The growth OF Mexico
in the twenty years has been great but the re-
sources of the country are only beginning 10 oe
developed. The country in the next twenty years
offers a great opportunity. Take the case OF the
State of Chihuahua which now has about five hun
bred thousand inhabitants Twenty years ago there
we're not than fifth Of that number shouo
say. Along the big river bottoms OF that state Is
country that supports at least one hero OF tn5Se
thousand, besides smaller herds in numbers Then
there focks of sheep. one numbering t"o nui "
med right in Chihuahua City In the west of the
same State the mountains with their rlcn VEINS
gold where AMERICANS have already t entered tine
field with profit You can see what the country
can do from what it already has done.
Continuing Signor 1errazas told of the present
outlet of the produce of this region only re"
days ago." he said. eighty thou-
DEVELOP sand head of cattle were sent north
MENT IN IN to Texas and Kansas, where they
DUSTRIES IN will be fattened and slaughtered
CHIHUAHUA. and sold in Kansas City ana III
Chicago. We use many of them
in Mexico, of course. but the bulk Will go UP u
Kansas City and Chicago. However, there Is al
ready in Chihuahua city plant that can slaughter
two hundred head a day and pack the beef as wen
as dress mutton. In Mexico City similar plant Is
about to be established. The cottonseed INDUSTRY Is
a still better illustration of Mexico's deVeloPfnell
Some time ago the cottOnseed was thrown away
Then after its value realized. II useo 70 De
made into oil and the pressed kernel sent 10 Ems
land for food to fatten cattle. Now there Is pId
in the State lust south of Chihuahua, the c9tt0n
district the managers of which have secured tIe
right to all the cOttonseed for twenty -INe years
and which utilities about much as can pc redson5
ably demanded First oil is made; then the pressfu
kernel is used to fatten our own Mexican cat
and finally the shells used for 1usI anu + iole
ashes rich in potassium, sold for fertlnza non
purposes large block of capital Is IhS xi
the enterprise with excellent returns IN Hro -
must not be forgotten that labor Is cneaP: o1t
ing 81 day in Mexican money ana: Witt noa3
say it is so good American labor ~ Is very SbiIa
There are no labor troubles to contend Win, me
it may be true that English and Amerca IN d6air
c1,Iturists have not well IN Mexico - tEa
fellow countrymen who have gone INTO LllLlI. 80
does not argue that the field is not prom
onIV that thew have known now quite 70 tN9ope
themselves to the different conditions IHhposeu ~
the nature of the soil and climate. 1t demands
some study, but it repays