Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-06

Wm. E. Curtis. correspondent of the Chicago Record Herald writes the fol- lowing from the City of Mexico under recent date:
 'T have received several letters in. quiring about opportunities for em- ployment in Mexico. Generally speak ing. no man should leave a position that is paying him living salary to seek another with any uncertainty or doubt, and this warning should be em. phasized when the uncertainty and doubt lie in a foreign country. As a rule there are better opportunities in the United States for all kinds of peo pie in all occupations and professions than in any other country in the world. but if a young man wants to change his place of residence, if he is foolish enough to leave the best of countries for another that is not so good, Mexico offers an inviting field for enterprise. It is, however, very uncertain, and nobody should come here for any purpose, either in search of pleasure or profit or employment without having enough surplus funds say a thousand dollars or more in cash-to maintain him for six or eight months and pay his railway fare home when he becomes discouraged.
 Among the 5000 American resi- dents of the City of Mexico are many homeless, helpless, penniless people who are living a miserable existence upon what they can pick up. honestly or otherwise, or by begging from their fellow countrymen. There are charit able societies to look after such peo pie. but their resources are small and they are not able to do anything eX cept in the most desperate emergen- cies. The principal hotels are haunted by hungry men who have failed to ob- tain employment, whose funds are eX- hausted, and who are anxiously watch ing the registers. hoping to find the names of acQua1ltances or others from whom they can obtain loans. We ar rived in the city at o'clock in the evening. Before te no'clock the next morning two fellow countrymen ha6 asked me for financial assistance to get home, and both told the same story. They had come to Mexico in search of employment, and had ex hausted their means without finding positions. I have met dozen other Americans under similar circumtances during the few days we have beer here.
 Another very important condition is a knowledge of the Spanish Ian. guage. Any man who comes here seeking employment without that knowledge will be in exactly the same situation as a Mexican who should go go to Chicago or Washington to look for a job without being able to speak English. Anyone who cannot converse rhn fnr f,T 1f,.K- h ht.oh he lives is practically helpless and use less. It is great deal easier to learn Spanish here by getting board in a native family, where nothing else is spoken, than in the schools of the United States, but, in the meantime the student must have means enough to support himself for six months or more while he is acquiring the accom- plishment. Therefore let no one come to Mexico in search of any kind of a position unless he has at least s1 1,000 in his pocket, and the more money he can command, the greater will be his chances of success.
 Mexico is no place for adventurers Opportunities for getting rich quick do not exist here any more than in Illinois or Maryland. Occasionally you hear of some miner who has be- come millionaire between sunrise and sunset; but such stories are usual " exaggerated, and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is as easy to find as well paying mine. be, lieve that nine times out of ten the same amount of ability, skill and en. ersy will accomplish more in the Unit. ed States than in Mexico or any other country, and it is an exorable fact that the process of acquiring wealth