Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-30
II. II. Bailey is Not Enthusiastic
Over Mexico.
REPLIES TO BRADy's ARTICLE
After Spending Winter and Spring in
Territory of Topic, He Thinks the
Estates" are Good Enough to Live
in After All.
Newport News. Va
November 90, '05.
Editor Daily Press,

November %, '05.
Editor Daily Press,
Dear Sir
Kindly allow me room in your paper
TO answer an article | saw in today's
issue, entitled Field for Young Men
ny MIR. John ]. Brady Mr. Brady UNI.
doubtedly had reason to be enthusiasts
tic over the subject OF business pros
poets in Mexico. and II the tourist
with business ability would stop IN one
place long enough to look thoroughly
into the different schemes that were
presented to him. there would be much
more foreign money invested in Mex.
leo as the chances there for invest
ments are varied and numerous. But
while all Mr.. Brady said was true and
much more could he said OF the oppor-
tunities there, Mr.. Brady seemed to
nave only given one side OF the story.
Ii has been my pleasure also OF visit
ing Mexico for a number of months.
! last winter and spring, during which
time | was on the west coast in the
/ Territory of Topic, also at the capitol
OF the Territory, "Tepic", mentioned
by Mr.. Brady as one OF the mining
ccnters.
Chances for Investment arise OH
every hand. from gold mine offered
by dead broke miner or Drospector,
TO cattle ranch of 10000 acres, which
can be bought for 26c Mex. or 12 1-2c
gold an acre; rubber. banana anu cot
fee plantations. all of which can bring
90 per cent. returns on the investment.
II not that much they had better be
left alone. But with all these bright
prospects we have read and hcar,
about, very little has been heard
about the other side, as sickness, a.
scase contracted. and the dozen OF
more poisonous insects and rcptilcs
that make ones life miserable while
there; let alone the trouble one has
with the natives if he hires many.
What the man in the South mas to put
up with when hiring negro labor is
nothing compared to what he goes
through with in Mexico, with the ma
tive labor. The best and only good
worker in Mexico. with the Yaqua
Indian, which the Mexican government
is killing on sight and banishing the
families To Yucatan. That subject also
the outside world has only heard one
side of.
But what use is mans money If
he has maze big interest on it. if he
doesn't live TO enjoy it or If on getting
OF his days and thus can't cnjOy II.
ones health is better than all the
prospects in Mexico. if he has TO sac
ritcc IL for the returns. 1t is this
point that | wished to bring home to
any one who read Mr. Brady's re-
marks. and who might. for an instant.
think OF starting that way to seek his
fortune. BE sure to 30 to healthy
section-this must be i'll the high
mountains, and don't 80 until you are
physically sound in every respect, as
IL doesn't take long for the climate.
insects. moor food and above all. moor
watcr-to pull ones system down
had the PLEASURE of meeting Rich.
mond, Va. man on tho steamer when
returning to San Francisco in May of
this year. He had been working for
MIR. Smooth. who had the contract of
building the harbor works at NfanZa-
Milo. for the Mexican government.
Mr.. Todd was one of tho assistant ell.
slneerS ana was on Il vacation after
having had an attack of the coast fc-
ver--callod "Cclentura" in Mexico-
n light form of yellow fever Mr..
Todd told me that he had been with
them three months. and out of an Office
force OF 40, they never averaged over
that were able to so TO work any
morning. During his stay six had
died ana there were few of the orig
inal men there then that were there
when Ee arrived, all nearly having
left after recovering from the fever.
Our own crowd of five was hardly
much more fortunate in this respect