Evening star., 1905-08-01
Archbishop Lamy's Work.


charge of his diocese. but before his do IN
he saw great improvements poinp IN
around him ooHs up
The first ten years after the advent of
sne ~ Was-say from 1879 to 1SS9-was a
speculative period. a large number of "a
Sehturers came into the territory ora bbina
lands selzing the water courses onsn;na
mines, laying out town sites. snecuI.t tins
nf Of "a Jasoie ana engaging in litigation. All
OK thls absorbed the attention of the n,h,id
~ SO great an extent that notbina ns =
uohc LOT education except by relipio1S a.
nominations and the Indian bureau Of tb.
Public School System.
our @ Hrst public school law was naseed
III 1888 Since then free scboo, s,,ston,
mas been established pretty ea,.r.u-.
throughout the territory, both in tho ci,,s,
ana In the country precincts. sevara, of
"hich are as large as the state of pbod.
Island In our cities and towns We bo,o
MssS Ms Just as good schools as you can find in
massachusetts, or Ohio In the conntr
uIstr!c.s they have not been so good as IN
.ne ci'ies Tor reasons which preyau in
every new and sparsely settled countrv
@ uue 'ney nave been growing better every
Sooi' lie number or schools has heep in
creasing, the qualifications for teacbars
nave been improved and the territoriaI loo
stature has been liberal in it's annronria-
n .,ons. ne" Mexico spends more money for
Union, and the expenditure Der canita fnr
pupils IS much larger than In the older and
more thickly settled states. If the same
eoucationai policy had been applied to the
people or New Mexico in 1S4S, when this
territory became part of the I1nitad
states, that has been introduced into the
philippines and Porto Rico, the ratio or
Illileracy would have been as low and the
people would have been as we'll educa ted
and progressive as those Of Oklahoma ar
Kansas You will remember that up to
the advent OF the Santa Fe road. it was
more difficult to travel from Kansas Citv
to Santa Fe than 1t is to go from kansas
city to Manila today, and the tourney ia
very much less perilous
The schools of New Mexico. few and
poor as they are. have had a powerful in
f1uence. not only in educating the peonle
but in changing their customs and habits
They have been the most effective apencias
in Americanizing the Spanish popula tion :"
Industrious and Temperate.
Are the Mexicans Industrious and tenn
perate?" 1 asked
The laboring element are not energetic
in the American sense of the word they
are not hustlers like our people but they
are careful. Industrious and reliable They
furnish the best railroad track men in the
country, and employed exclusively by
the Santa Fe railroad wherever possible
as far east as Kansas City.
The Mexican marries early" continued
Mr. Twitchell, land starts a home at once,
no matter how humble. They all own their
homes-there is scarcely an exception.
They are devoted to them. and while from
our point of view. they do little to i'm
prove them, nevertheless an old adobe hut
is as precious to them as the finest palace
Their home and family attachments are
very strong. They never make trouble If
outsiders let them alone, and, no matter
how small their wages, they manage to
save little money and buy a few sheep
or goats. In the treatment of women and
children the Mexican has no superior He
sets a good example to all OF the other
races. The social system is patriarchical
The most profound respect and Difference Is
due and is paid to the head of the family
Mexican will not smoke in the presence
of his father: the younger members of the
family never speak except when spoken to-
and no Mexican boy ever volunteers an
opinion in the presence of his father
They are as temperate the Americans:
perhaps little more so. They certainly
were more temperate before the advent of
the railway than they are now Before
what We are pleased to call the higher
civilization was introduced into this part
of the country. the word OF a Mexican was
as good as his bond. and he was very strict
in the fulflllment OF all of his financial op-
erations Since the Americans came he
has learned a good many tricks and knows
how to play them. He Is q human being
and acts Just like one'
What sort OF taxpayer is her
AS taxpayer he resembles the rest OF