The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-25
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" -4iel4u genie4QaEs anu nave always
found him an honest official whose sole
interest was the welfare Of the Terri
tory over which he was appointed gov
ernor by President Roosevelt.
The charges which were fled against
him are general charges not itemized;
no names, dates, places. why's, and
wherefores seem 10 be mentioned. tudg-
ing from the newspaper accounts. Any
body can make a blanket charge. and 10
Is my firm belief that his political enc
mics are back Of this movement 20 dis
credit him and force him out Of Office"
Smith Lea, OF Roswell. y. Mex. who
has been IN attendance az the Scottish
Rite MasOns' convention here. and who
IS a thirty-third degree Mason. said yes
terday he did not believe Gov. Curry
would use his Office 70 advance his own
political interests: that. on the contrary.
New Mexico had never had a more eff
cient and conscientious governor.
II don't believe a word Of IT,, said
Mr.. Lea. "and / speak from personal ex-
perience and Intimate acquaintanceship
with Gov. Curry
Now that King Alfonso Of Spain has
discharged Premier llaura and has in
stalled a Liberal government, I think
the Spanish people will be more satisfied
with conditions. and viii settle down
and attend 20 business again" said S.
Wohlgemuth, of Paris at the Raleigh
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Wohlgemuth
Is an art publisher Of the French capital
and Is in this country on business.
Great satisfaction is felt throughout
France over the course the Spanish
monarch Is following in this very grave
period Of his reign His action In dis
missing the Clericals from power and in
stituting Liberal regime win no doubt
mean that the burden Of taxes with
which the Spanish people are charged
viii be ughtened somewhat.
business IA France is very good, only
the American tariff has us worried 10
some extent. but We all place our hopes
/ IN an equiteble adjustment and hope Am
bassador Jusserand will be in a posi-
I ton 20 bring this about Our relations
with Germany are very good. and Il any
body says that France wants war with
| Germany, he is simply not combining him
SELF TO the truth"
Roughly speaking. the United States
/ produces &.O0o.000.O00 worth OF wealth"
I said y. =. Maher, a manufacture Of
I New York, at the Arlington yesterday
]
I $Z.00o,0l0OO0. Consequently. We consume
I only about half as much as we produce
/ When we fail 10 market this surplus we
are confronted with hard times. This
surplus can be shipped out 20 a country
/ that produces less than IL consumes.
There are a few OF these left In the
/ weird. India IS one Of them Englands
/ surplus goes there as Il does % the IN
developed wastes Of South Africa The
other lands are South America and China.
Japan has Just become a surpIus-addIng
I country. South America lies at our doors,
practically without competition. Our
merchants have been singularly Obtuse
In not recognizing this vast field Of COM
merce. They have been stupidity slow IN
developing e.
With our sister republics lying at our
feet and crying for our goods. we seem
20 prefer 20 IEaneuver for the great Chi
nese market Perhaps the battle of IL,
perhaps the Orient o. IL appeals 10 our
fighting and our romantic instincts. Here
we WI clash with Japan and Great
Britain. With an alliance with China
that viii guarantee her open door and
possibly protect IL, we would have an
immense moral advantage over other ma
tions which We could Immediately turn
into commercial activity. The battle OF
commerce 10 sell our surplus activity IS
the most important that coufrOnts our
people. Ii needs a wise Secretary Of
State as much as a fleet OF battle ships"
Josef B. Neumann. Of Hamburg. Ger
many. and Mexico. where he is interested
in various financial enterprises. speaking
OF Mexico last night said that great
progress in every line OF Intellectual cf-
fort has been made under the benedceut
rule Of President Dlaz. who is uniyer-
sally called thu grand old man Of Mex
icO" mr.. Neumann Is at the New VII
lard Speaking or the Mexican federal
Ia agricultural station at OaNaCa, be said.
There are now being constructed Of
fees. laboratories. a museum. an OBJ
4 servaJory. and dining halls and dormi-
tories. as well as residences FOR the fac
ulty and employees.
Several hundred acres VIII be used for
agricultural experiments. which will be
watched by the students. The electrical
1 sugar mill has been put In shape French
plows have been put in service. an Eng
lish dairy outfit Of the latest type has
been ordered and incubators and brood
ers are now in transit. Great attention
VIII be paid 10 sugar cane and alfalfa;
also to the cultivation Of silk worms.
/ Wonderful activity is perceptible in all
parts Of Mexico. Engineers have pre-
pared plans for harbor Improvements at
Mazatlan, 10 cost $4,000 600 I'm gold. Two
/ breakwaters Will be built, and the harbor
deepened so that the largest ocean YES
sells will be able 10 enter and dock az
masonry wharves. When the proposed
Improvements are completed there viii
undoubtedly be a large increase in the
shipping at that port. offering Opportuni-
ties for the investment Of American CAPT.
tai and the employment Of American
skilled labor. Good shipping facilities at
that place would cut down tie time 70
New York by about three days. thus
making Mazatlan one Of the most i'm
portant ports on the west coast.
NO wonder American capital IS just
flowing into Mexico. The government of
that country is wide awake and just. and
offers every opportunity 20 foreign cap
ital. Three railway schools. in which
MeXicars viii be given instruction on all
matters pertaining to railrOading. have
been established, and are conducted un-
der the supervision OF the National Rail-
ways OF Mexico In that respect Mexico
is ahead even OF the United States. There
are no railway schools in America
This is only one means adopted by
the management OF the National Rail
ways to operate all lines Of that system
entirely by graduates Of that school as
soon as possible. Many other such means.
but none quite 50 extensive. have been
taken since the merger Of the national
lines OF Mexico and the Mexican Central
February J.
What surprises me more than any
thing else IS that you Americans have 80
little real knowledge Of Mexico. and that
your newspapers and periodicals print
such libelous and utterly untruthful IN
formation regarding Mexico and Next