The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-06-22
THE PLANS or DOWIE
win hake Home in Mexico for His People
Who Dislike Cold North.

Ell Paso, Texas, June 22-No hogs,
so mules. no oysters. no whiskey.
but more or less of everything else.
is brief statement of the principles
thar are TO govern John Alexander
Dowle's colonization scheme in the
state Of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The hog. says Dowie. is the scaT-
anger Of the land just as the oyster
is tire scavanger Of the sea The
mule ne declares, is "a creature o.
the devil. san evil nonenity a
creature. Ia fact, something tIke the
man without a country. AS for liquor
OF the kind tnat cheers and simuf-
taneoUsIv jnebriates. John Alexan-
der ays it is bad fer any country
Therefore mules hogs oysters
and whiskey are barred from the pre-
ciucts of the Dowie colony
Dowie.s colonization plans have @
satisfying vastness about them This
queer old man seems 10 have hypuo-
t!zed the Mexican government into
granting him more valuable Conces-
sions than any other individual has
ever acquired lie ia on close terms
Wifh President Diaz and from one
end OF Mexico to She other he ia
hailed as grea, man
Briefly summarized. Dowie's plans
include fha building Of seven cities.
the construction Of network of rail
roads the irrigation OF an extensive
region by a peculiar method and the
general development of 2.000.u
acres of land The chief city will be
called Eden. and Is 10 DE built first
No attempt viii be made TO start the
other six cities until after Eden is
fully established Various expert
men9s ia city building win be made
during the early DAYS OF Eden. and
sben comparative perfection has
been reached Eden will be taken as
model from which 10 pattern the
other six cities
So far as possible without conflict
ing with iha Mexican government
powie viii set up "a code of laws OF
his own foF the regulation of his
cities and his colony
The state Of Tamauiipas i'm which
s. located the 000. .n0o-acre conces-
sion granted 20 Dowie is on the gulf
coast at Mexico. we'll toward the
southern end of he republic Inn
meuse oyster beds fringe the shores
aud here is every natural fertility
for the manufacture of eqnila and
other Mexican intoxicants. but as
oysters and whiskey are on the pro-
hibiled list no attention will be paid
10 these resources.
Although the whole tract Of p
900 eco acres will be fenced. there
will be no division between the
cities. aud free intercourse and inter
change at products are contemplated.
This, Dowie believes. will Carrv
through The commonwealth the al
truistic idea with which he is inn
bued ia the founding of his cities.
The osiensible purpose og Dowje
la 20 make homes in Mexico for
those OF his people who dislike the
cold Of the North but behind this
apparently philantbrOpig move there
appears hat fact hat ouf of this
scheme the Dovie sJruugbox is like
Dr. 20 be loaded with adduloUa.
wealth
Whether or not the seven cities
will be people iudiscriIniuateiE with
out regard 20 the nationality co, 'He
golonlsfs, is as vet unknown. tuJ u
SIS expected that Dowte will place the
different narouailttes tu dutereut
cities and thus maintain peace and
concord tn his religious families.
/ This belief is strengthened ty hints
dropped hy DOWte iu his recent visit
20 Mexico. This. perhaps, IS the idea
aCouatinE the foundation of seven
cities instead Of a smaller number