The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-04

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eled in stage coaches and in fear of
bandits. The bandits have been turned
into the rurales or police; abandoned
mines are beginning to be reworSed.
ana gradually the country is stepping
across the dividing line between the
Middle Ages and the present
Mexico is a federal republic, with a
constitution much like that o. the
United states. and part Of the success
Of the present-day Mexico lies i'm the
fact that the whole government works
in harmony. President Diaz. his pre-
fectos, governors Of state and mayors
Of cities are one well-oiled and perfect
machine. IL is quite probable that any
underling who did not work I'm ha--
mony would lose his position; but 81 is
also a fact that with the former IN
settled state of the country, where 4
new executive was created about every
year. this is the best method to pro-
mote steady advance. This is the
opinion Of many Americans who have
lived long enough in Mexico 70 Judge
The Mexican peOn is much like a child
and is treated accordingly What edu-
cation viii do for the next generation
remains yet TO be seen.
II is remarkable how this country
has changed in the past two decades.
roads which network the land and
lead to immense harbors. like those az
TampicO. Vera Cruz and Manzanil,c.
on the western coast. These have
Mexico City as a central depot Many
or these roads have wonderful seem
cry. like TamasOpO canyon, on che
way to Tampico. and the Maltrata
Cumbres. on the way to Vera Cruz.
whore a descent Of 1000 feet is made
n nj -F
pendicular descents which give views
Of rushing cataracts. caverns and lux
uriant vegetation. and to make these
the roads use great Fairlia engines
with smOkcstaCks at each end and
brakes in the middle New lines Of
railroads are opening up the west
coast and going TO towns. some IF
which are iCO years old and where
many people have never seen an en-
gine. In another direction tie Pam
American road is being built and many
millions are being expended on
wharvos at Tampico and Vera Cruz.
Americans are employed in railroad
building. In banking. newspapers and
ranChcs--in fact. about every OCcupa-
tiOn that calls for brains-and they are
welcomed in Mexico. Some are en-
gagged in mining. Many are in Guiana
juatO. the largest silver district in the
three trillion dollars Of silver Gold
has never been discovered I'm Mexico
as i'm California. but no country can
compare with IL in silver. The largest
piece Of virgin silver i'm the world was
found I'm Sonora. II weighed over
1000 pounds and was confiscated by
Spain. Beautiful silver is found at
zacatecas. which is i'm the great min
cral belt that extends from north
Hss D Hnrsa .n.f
one-third the silver OF the world and
has been yielding for over 900 years.
Americans have introduced new me-
chinery instead OF the patio process.
In the latter the amalgam is thrown
on the floor in a court. treated with
quicksilver and water and troddon
Tor several DAYS by mules. who walk
around I'm a circle on the mass. This
precipitates the ore. but is hard on
the animals. whose feet arc so badly
eaten that they often die from the ef-
fects. Strange to say. though a ma
chine has been invented TO do this
work. the Mexicans do not like il. It
is the Americans who have introduced
the cyanide and other processes and
done away with the inhuman and in
sufficient patio process, though, as
many mines are some distance from
the railroads. it is not easy to get ma
or necessity, Mexico is n land i'm
transition. In sections where rail-
roads and foreigners have not penc-
trated there are the primitive habits
Of hundreds Of years ago. Even in
parts where outsiders have entered
into business there are old-fashioned
methods side by side with new ideas.
For instance. the peon may pillow with
a stick attached to two oxen and his
wife may use a modern sewing ma
chine. Mexico City is a magnificent
capital. IL has streets that compare
with those Of Paris il has an electric
light plant which enables 10 90 boast
that no city on this continent is so
we'll lighted. it has Office buildings. il
has a magnificent group Of municipal
buildings. theatre. postohice. etc
yet all these are side by side with
customs and old adobe structures that
date back centuries. The electric
lighted. asphalt-paved boulcvards are
swept by white-robed poems who use
short whisk brooms and bend over
with every stroke.
one thing Mexico has TO perfection.
and that Is climate. We think OF
Mexico City as winter resort. but it
is equally delightful I'm summer. The
reason is obvious when one under
stands that IL is on a tableland. April
and May are the dryest months,- fol-