Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-23

Such statements are probably eXag-
gerated,' was the reply Ihere are
not man, Chinese In Mexico, and they
are admitted ~ Cn,y one o. TWO pOr's
In order that the character OF those
coming In may b. carefully !nycstiglt-
Cd"
what are the Moymoas doing In
Mexlco?'
They have three colonies" replied
the ambassador. two In me braves
district OF the state " chihuahua, AMI
one In the district Of Arispe 10 sonora
There IL alro an American colony not
Mormon, In the state ~ Tamlul!pas'
which has been ts,ahll.h'd within the
past SIX months. ~ ~ thes' colonies
are I'm hourishlng condition, ara
the 'Mormons ospl ciaNy mr. indusirl'
ous and thrifty"
About how many foreigners are
there In MoX!co?'
Comparatively tcw iecs ;han io''-
0o0, | should say
AMERICANS IN MEXICO.
Are there many Americans
Eyes, moro than those Of any foreign
nationality excepting the Spanish
There are $1,000 or 1900 Of our people
there. All, so far as ] know, retain
their American citizenship and most
come intending to stay only long
enough to make their fortunes and then
return to the United States
What are the Americans doing|
"They are interested IN all sorts of
enterprises. Some are opening IN gold,
silver and copper mines. Others have
franchises for street railroads and
waterwoIks In the cities. Some are
engaged In flaming and many are em-
ployed In connection with the rail-
roads, which belong largely to the
United States.
Have many made fortunes?'
Some have done we'll but none have
made the enormous sums which are
now called fortunes IN the United
States. There Is one man, Mr., Branif,
who IN said 10 be worth about $4,000
COO or $4,000 900 I'm Mexican money He
built the Mexican National railroad.
which runs from Vera Cruz to Mexico
City. and has been interested in other
enterprises OF large size. Gen. Fris-
bee Is said to be worth sl.000000 or
s20C0000 in Mexican money, but we
have no other multi millionalres that
know OF"
rs capital invested In Mexico s1fe?'
II don't know what you mean by
safe, said General Clayton. III danger
from revolution or from conhscatlon
by the government Is concerned 1t is
perfectly safe. II Is just like property
In the United States one must in
vestiRate his titles before purchasing,
and the man who intends to invest
should go to Mexico and examine things
for himself"
How about the coffee and rubber
plantations
such things should be carefully In.
quired into. Everything depends upon
the locality Mexico has a variety OF
Soils some very rich and some not
worth a cent an acre
MEXICAN MINES,
"How about the mlnes?'
Mexico Is very rich In minerals, but
II has been mined for centuries. II IL
estimated that more than four billion
dollars worth Of gold and silver have
been taken out Of the earth there. The
mining has gone on steadily since the
days OF Cortez Alexander Humboldt.
who. among his other scientific attain
ments, had those OF mining engineer,
said that there were three thousand
mines In operation In Mexico when he
went through that country about lOC
years ago. The Mexicans are good
miners. They know the value OF their
own product and they are shrewd deal.
ers. Americans going there should
investigate carefully II they do so