Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-28
MP0RTANTCHANGES
IN BUSINESS OF
MEXICO
Industrial Struggle
Between Standard Oil Com
pany and PearSons of London
in Progress in Republic.

Especial CORRESPONDENCE to Morning JonrpaiI
san Aantonio. Tex, June 26,-Mom-
entous changes are taking place in the
business world OF Mexico which pres
age a gigantic Industrial victory.
~ other sweeping Industrial victory.
AM ounccment is made by Governor
Landa y Escandan of the federal dis
tact of a new oil company that has
been formed with a capital stock Of
525, 500, 900, which will take over the
Wcetman Pearson interests and prae-
ts,ally have all the oil concessions ia
Mexico. The personnel of-this company
comprises men high in official life in
NJ eNico, Including relatives Of Presi-
d0l Diaz.
For some time a bitter warfare has
hren waged between the standard oil
company and thu fearsons % Londol,
seAted by .,ig Wcetman Pearson.
z This fight has catered for the control
of tie great oil field of Tampieo which
IL said to be the greatest in the world.
Owing to his connection with the gov
eminent Sir Weetman Pearson is sup
posed heretofore to have had the bet
ter of the contest. However, he has
denied that the new company will.
take over his interests and Mexican
having affirmed it, a break
seems to have been preeipitated.
1t is announced that the new com
pany Will carry ~ the fight against
the Standard oil company. Meanwhile
T.. II. Hartman is pushing his rail-
road on the west coast Of Mexico TO
completion and is projecting a new
from San Antonio to the City
Of Mexico down the east coast, and it
is limited that he will be a powerful
ally with the STANDARD oil company
their Interests have been friendly
in the past.
Hyacinths by the cart load have
been jogging through the city streets
for several days on their way 10 the
ash dump. TO the flower lover who
has only known these beautiful plants
in florists shops the blossoms rising
like a purple mist in the long
panse of green pads. the |hyacinth war
now being waged on the upper reaches
of the san Antonio river seems wanton
destruction. city ditchmen with picks
and shovels clashing through beds Of
these rarely beautiful flowers started
n protest from the lovers of the beau
tiful. The City engineer. however. ex-
planned that the matted and quick
growing hyacinth threatened to choke
emit. 3 channel of the san Antonio
A stray pad will break Off
float down the stream ana wherever
it lodges a week later will spring up
another hyacinth bed. These beds Sc
obstruct the flowing of the
stream. absorb much water and form a
breeding place for mosquitoes SO a fleet
of hyacinth dcstroyers are cruising the
Antonio river. Poets and lovers
are protesting AT the vandalism which
the average citizen accepts as part Of
the war on the mosquitoes.
Fiestas with many novel features in
Guiding an ancient Aztec dance. will
begin today in san Pedro park. This
tribal dance of the Aztecs is
for the first time IN san Antonio.
The music for il was obtained in Mex
and the costumes and training OF
the dance has been given careful
The dancers viii wear GER
pmenial robes Of white, blue. and
gold. such as the tribal dancers wore
when the Montezumas ruled Mexico
The dance itself Is an interesting sur
,i,nl of the civilization that has he
d fragmentary memory. The