The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-24
BUSINESS IN MEXICO GOES ON
PRIVATE DEsPATCR ES DECLARE
RIOT REPORTS EN- tGGERArED.
NationnI Railway, on whose Line Are
several described Battiene,sis. Ne
ports No interference with Trains
Rubber Factory Busy ut Torveaa.


enterprises were reassurinx without eS
ception. The purport of all Of them wa,
that the reports Of riot or rev olu,lon ha,
been exaggerated.
Cayetano Romero, the Mexican Consul
General. said that although hr had re
ceived no direct advices. direct intelli
gence going Ia the Mexican Ambassador
at Washington. lie had kept in touch al
day with firms and companies doing bust
ness In Mexico and mad learned that 'h'
business Of all Of them was proceed
ing a. usual. without disturbance from
Government troops. insurgents or rioters
Carr Bros. Of 3, broadway. for instance
who do "a hig commission business through
out Mexico. and particularly in the States
reported 30 be most disaffected. receiv sd
the customary mail and kilograms yester
day and told the { oEsul- General that us far
as they could discover their business was
going on without interruption.
MIR. Romero said that he had no posi-
| tive information Of tho NOV ements Of
jose Y. Limantour tho Mexican Min
lister Of Finance. who according to
reports from Mexico city Yesterday was
not there expected to return from
abroad. he did know. however. that
Mr.. Limantours principal business
abroad was not a diplomatic mission.
such as the reported endeavo or To- refund
the Mexican national debt. now repre-
sented 10y per cent. bonds into 3 per
cents.
MIR. Iimantour- said the Consul Gen
eral has been abroad since Nav with
Mrs. Lmantour. who is afflicted with
heart iiseas. and IL una ble 10 live in the
high altiIud. of IN. plateau on which
Mexico city il situated They are in
Paris and I have. not heard whether OF
not they propose ~ any time la return
To this country
At the Offices Of Speyer h Co. who have
been more active than has any other
American or international banking house
IN financing Mexican Government and
rnilroad requirements. ~ was said that
their advices were that IN. railroad and
telegraph business was being conducted
with IN. same regularity a. in normal
times. and they found tins Circumstance.
hard Ia reconCil. with reports Of r.volrI-
ion. They had no Information Ia impLrt
regarding Finance Minister l.lnartour.
though TN" Spever banking houses here
and abroad hav. """p.rai.d with Mr.
lImantour IN N.,ICan railroad and
Government financing Gh" most posi- |
tiv. information received NV the huus... IL |
was said. was contained IN tins. following /
despatch received late ia the afternoon
from MIR IL. Lima. manager II IA" R.uCo ,
del COMMERCE. Industrial al M.NIcn city. .
in which Sp"vsr & Co are. largely inter-
sstsd
Newspaper reports greatly -yagGer
atri ] her" ~ no cause Tor alarm
situation positively NOT SERIOUS
When Mr. limanrorT went abroad last /
SIMMER n WAS reported THAT ~ was hi-
purJlo-. To- secure r~fUndIns Ot IN" Z
Coy eminent loan into Yer cents II -
not hong agu that Mf l.iInanirur got rh.
Government loan reduced from 90 p.-r
cent the SIsvsr houses assisting IN The
refuDding SI"y.r 4 Co, like ih.. Mexican
Conss;I General, SAID yesterday that 'hsr"
was no lmpnrtanI work 81 thus sind IN
gaging Mr. LIman'"ur attention abroad
Mr llmantour. who - very wealthy ,
man. IN chairman IF ih'. board If directors
u The National i.s'lHav- of M',i"" -
we'll as Finance Minister. and - director
81 many other corporations III which
foreigners ars interested
In the morning Mr. R.nre,t r,.c-Iv"i
thus Telegram from President Brown ui
IN" National Rail~avs Il Mckee.
Everything uri.' to-day T. - believed
confidently hat he ,"N -rnm-u' Na, the
'an learn No dauas" 10 raIiUar- Or '"l"-
.-rarh lIn-- E-p"rr- regarding four "a
stance of trouble" during ~" IH>' 'wo w.'s-
grra'ly -Nasg-rI'"i "" are IA 'urnmrIul-
'aiion with every Telegraph. ofrio" reached :
nv the system and all tram >"rNi'e - bong
performed according {" s'h"'!ui"
Mr. Bennett said that tn. telegraph .
lines used hy his system were owned !
Nv the. company and not iir.crly Nv the /
Ciuv-rnment a. III tn. case. Of other t.i.- I
graph lines al III" republic. n" COM :
pany- lines w"T. not subject 10 C"n-pr- P
ship and he had not tn" slightest doubt
tina, it, dispatches conveyed the exact
truth r.gardin conditions along m. lines
MIR Bennett pointed ont On the map
tn. Oyp mil" system ut the National .
Railways. running from tn" Rio Grande
To- Guatemala wIth mauT hrauCh,"S east
and west and showed that all ii The. .
districts from which th.. fIChrinR ha-
been reported a. along tin. line uf tN-' .
system DrIZlba IN tn" south. for m
stance H. OH., IT their important stations
and 40 are Chihuahua and Iurr"un. and /
of course M.NiCp city Gomez Paia"iu.
a small place from winch lighting ma, !
also been reported. - also on Ih" rail
road MIR Bennett said sha- Their. had !
been not th. slightest interruption of
III. cotnpanys business at any II these
places Directly or ind rectly. he said
he had received adyiccs from all Of thes.
centres of revolution IN the course of the
day.
Ninety five per cent. n our employees
are Mexicans.- Mr. Bennett added but
we have had no Labor trouble whatever
sine. the dissensions broke out. Ne
trains have been seized or stopped by
either Government troup- or insurgents
A. would he II course inevitable. II Their.
were "A real revolution. Not a bridge
has been DESTROYED "a wire cut or "A ward
81 track torn up II there ls hnri fight
ing along our lire each army j. giving
to th.. other every possible means IT
commrnica ton and transportation
Edward u AldrI"h. -on II Senator
AIdrich and one Of tn. principal officers
Of 'h. Continental Rubber Company
IL in rOrr"on. ~h"r. 'he company has a
factory for tn. manufacture. 81 rubber
out II tn" guayul" plant Mr. Aldrich
r.l.graph.d Yesterday that th.r.. was no
damage 10 ih" gIayul, factory. which
wa- running day and might a. usual
that Their. was 40 trouble. there. and no
.xI.ctBIion oi troubh'
ii..-Pr.-id-nr Brush Of IN" American
Smelling and R.iining iDmuany which
has mines and sIn.li-rS In -Om.. 81 the
riisafy.-ci.si diCtrict- had this 20 say
Our information from Mexico ~ la TN.
effect that r-port- -Inanai'ng from Eagk.
Pas ar. grossly exaggerated Ih.. truIIb..
s.s.rn- 10 u. more ia he rural Regions than