Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-30
Dr.. D. II. Rust
Heard From
Tells Of Conditions in Mexican
Republic Of Which He Has
Been a Resident For Twenty
Years

The III Paso News OF SunIay pull
fishes The following tAta lev Giti
Dr. ID IL Rust. whom al Las Vegas
old.timcrs knew well
DR.. D. II. Rust. after a yIsi' of sem,
weeks 10 his friend, Miss VIVA =
Smith OF Gis San Anton.o street Las
left for his home In Mexico In 1876
he left Las Vegas. n, NJ where he
had established an onvalle repgta'
ton as dentist. 10 settle ri I~acatecaT.
Mexico. since which time he has been
a citizen OF the southern republic,
spending bis summers. after the first
two years. In Mexico City and his
winters on the isthmus OF Tebuantc-
pee. The doctor was delayed In his
return this year by the prevalence OF
yellow fever on the lsthmus, much
after the usual fall limit. and was
thus enabled 10 enjoy what he had
not known for many previous years.
. regular United States Thanksgiv.
Ing dinner.
Having been a resident Of Mexico
for nearly twenty years, and being "a
miliar with almost every part OF that
republic. the News obtained from him
On expression OF opinion On more than
n important subject. He is u.
thnsiastic over the resources and pos
abilities Of the country. its variety OF
products and climates. and the ad-
vance II has made In material pros
perfty and stability Of institutions I'M.
der the directing hand Of President
Diax.
Why. said he. there IL scarcely
. product Of the earth which some
part Of Mexico cannot prolifically and
profitably produce. There IL no kind
Of climate, except The extreme polar
and extreme torrid. thst may not be
had By those desiring Il. Her capsc-
ity for stock production IL almost
iimitless. Her mineral resources are
uncomfortable and scarcely AZ yet
touched. Her manufacturing POSSIBLE.
tiles are enormous and not yet even
In their infancy.
Mexico would long since have been
great had not the instability % her
government and the turbulence Of her
people prevented all progress. That
day Of revolutions and anarchy Ia
passed. The era OF prosperity han
davned, and progress In striding over
the land In seven league boots. This
happy change In due 10 General Por
firio Diax. And, by The way, there Il
une OF the greatest men OF this age
He win 20 down In the history Of hil
country, as Washington haa In In,
history Of the United States--first In
war, first in peace. and first IN thu
H
hearts Of his countrymcn. I doubt
II a purer patriot ever lived In an,
age or any land. DO yni know ihaI
his son. an able. accomplished. learned
gentleman, n former student Of Yves
Point, and every way a man Of nf
fairv. Is only a captain In the Mexican
army, though his father IL command
~crin-chIef. as well az PRESIDENT Whar
n rebuke to the rulers Of many lands
On whose infants are conferred h'gl
military titles and offices.
In the interior Of Mexico" con
tinued DIR. Rust, there IL no, III
friendlineas towards Americans whicl
the government m~anifests. and whiel
finds nearer The border. Thi
feeling In showed equally In socia
circles and In trade. the preference
In each being markedly for the Eu
ropean as against the American. TIL
Ia largely due. no doubt, to the Amer
lean himself. who generally instea,
Of adapting himself to the country an,
Its customs. wants 70 adapt them I,
his ideas, plans and experiences. Tn,
European distinctly differs in thi'
particular"