Evening star., 1907-08-03
TALES OF MEXICAN PEON'S
RICHES ARE "PIPE DREAMS"

Mexico through the west coast ports. To
ward the border. and then into the United
states. Is. OF course. the direction taken by
THESE japanese. Ii is absolutely certain
that they are not locking for work In Mexi-
co. 1t Is equally certain that they don't
have to work. for. to man. they are ap-
parently well supplied with money. Now,
l am not in the least an alarm'st. nor ys,
an imaginative person. but II was perfectly
plain to me-havinX been about "A numbeg
OF military posts-thqt all of these Japs who
their way into the United States are fel-
lows who have had military training. They
are chaps who have had the setting-up eN-
ercises of their army. They all know Just
what they are doing In Mexico and where
they are going, and. In addition 10 all this.
they are most amazingly impudcnt and
domineerng.
In the city of Chihuahua on my way up
north. there were some hundreds OF these
japanese standing about waiting for
train. They'd walk right up TO the ticket
window and incontinently thrust away from
the window Mexicans who. having taken
their place in line, were waiting to buy
their tickets. and. as the Japs We're present
In such numbers. the Mexicans didn't dare
to cal them, as the saying IL. There were
a number OF Mexican soldiers about. but
they were quite overawed by the Japs. and
Gid nothing to protect their civilian friends
from insult and rough handling. I was
wishing there had been a few rurales there.
The Mexican regular army soldiers don't
amount to anything. for, being convicts
sentenced to serve in the army. their heart
Isn't in their business, and they were never
meant for soldiers anyway But the Mexi-
can rurales are entirely different peop.e.
They're picked men, and. In general. ars
very much like the famous Texas rangers.
and Just about as effective, too-brave as
lions and wonderful as police for rough
country. Thered certainly have been some
tall clashing had bunch of the ruraies
been at the Chihuahua station to see
the high way those japanese We're carry
Ing matters. The Japs spotted me an
American as soon as l reached the station,
and l noticed that they made lot OF
preached the ticket office window. but they
didn't try to jostle me. Id have stayed
with them In the ensuing thing as long
AS I was able to IL they'd done that for
1 was thoroughly wrought up TO see the
astonishing fmpudence OF them and their
way Of treating the Mexicans.
Cross the Border.
These Japanese that enter Mexico SO
easily find no difficulty in getting over the
border into the United States, in spite of
the vigilance Of the immigration inspectors
to keep them out, SO that the law exclud-
ing the Japs from the United States is. to
all intents and purposes. just as good as
imperative. Yet IL the United States were
to ask the Mexican authorities to exclude
the Japanese from Mexico-and there are
no restrictions whatever upon them now
the row that the japanese in Toxic would
make about 1t would, Of course. be some
thing immense.
II made a stop-ofr by the way. in San
Antonio while on my way up here. Up to
the time OF the Russo-Japanese war there
were hundreds of Japanese male servants
employed by the wel-to-do people OF San
Antonio. Now, however. there are abso-
lutely none. The San Antonio folks sim
ply had to get rid Of their Jap servants,
They became altogether too impudent FOR
endurance. and many Of them have been
replaced In San Antonio homes by Chinese
servants.
THE problem Of the Yaqui Indians still
vexes Mexico most seriously. Every once
in a while one sees 1t stated In the Ameri-
can newspapers that the wonderfully war
like YaQuis have been cleaned UP and scat
tered by the Mexican army. but that Is the
purest mOOnshine. The 4aquis, who
fighters excel any sayages with red hides
that l have ever heard OF or read about.
still possess immense power. and there Is
little chance that anything will ever be
done to wholly disperse them until the ru
rales are sent after them in tremendous
force. The YaQuis merely laugh over the
antics of the Mexican regular army soldiers,
and II Is q matter of common knowledge in
Mexico that one Yaqui Is good for ten OF
the Mexican regulars. The Yaquis retain
their power over vast area of Immensely
valuable mining country, gold and silver
Nothing whatever stands In the way OF the
development Of this. the choicest ore area
in the country. except the discrimination
of the mountain Yaquis to stick by their
region themselves. Inc pTOpleIH Will IdNt
to be solved sooner or later. OF course, for
foreigners, particularly Americans and Eng
lishmen, hold concessions on a good deal or
these Yaqu-infested mining districts, and
the time will arrive when they'll decline
to permit the forays, threatened and carried
out, OF band OF savages. no matter how
blood thirsty and successful In warfare, to
interfere with the development OF the rich
concessions"
Richness Of Mexico.
Dr. Warren who Is a travelled man and
knows lot about mines. believes that
Mexico Is unquestionably the richest mining
country in the world. not in possibilities.
but in precious metals that are sticking
right out Of the ground.
1.-The peons." he said. 'hold a great many
concessions, Of which they entertain no
notion whatever as to the value thereof.
for your native Mexican has the smallest
comprehension of the value OF money of
Americans with small amounts of money
are swinging along in old Mexico all the
time and picking up these rich titles from
the Mexican poems, who hold them for
down there over veritable mountains OF
silver and gold that have as yet been un-
touched But the Americans and other
foreigners are getting into Mexico now In
the big numbers, and one hates to guess at
the probable wealth OF Mexico within the
next fifty years, for fear of being dubbed
madmen.
"Hustling Americans turn anything into
money in Mexico. Can you imagine Irish
potatoes being grown in the land of Monte
yuma and making their first growers p 'os-
pective men of wealth? A couple OF years
ago two Connecticut young fellows
turned up near Pinos Altos. my station,
turned over a few acres of ground which
they rented for little money at all.
and planted potatoes. Now, any sort Of
fresh vegetables. but particularly potatoes.
are luxuries down in our district for We
eat mostly canned stun, and If we were
to see head of lettuce or cantaloupe, !
think we'd lose minds. Well, thesa
Connecticut chaps sold their first crop OF
potatoes for IS a quarter-hundredweish F.
which Is some money for spuds. figured IN
gold and they got gold for theirs. ana
they could have sold thousands Of pounds
more than they had. They netted them
selves $4,000 on that first little crop OF
spuds, and now they're increasing their
acreage of spuds and working away at
them, and these two men are going to get
rich without foolng around with minerals
at ALL" CLARENCE \. CULLEN.
He Looked Not on the Wine.
From Harper's Weekly.
A Boston minister says that not long ago