Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-06-15

having been
used before as the Casa de Moneda; that it should
nave library to be formed from books owned by
the university and by the converts which had Just
been abolished, and that the government would
provide the expenses of installation conserya-
ton, and development
After the constitutional government triumphed
over Macmillan, it appropriated, in the budget for
1se7-ls6s' the sum of $4,000 for the museum; half
or which was for expenses and the other half for
the salaries of director, two professors of natu-
raj history preparador, clerk an errand boy,
and porter. Unfortunately the poverty of the
pubic treasury at that time prevented the govern
ment for many years from increasing the appro-
prlat1ons for the museum, which only reached $12-
LOU during the fiscal year 1876-1877 for which rea-
son 1t had little opportunity to make any progress
When Gen. Porfirio Diaz came into the supreme
magstracy Of the republic he, the indisputable re-
storer or the public peace and the first factor in
the actual progress of Mexico, gave a great i'm
pulse to all the federal educational establishments
The museum, which In 1877-1878 only had an an
preparation Of $13,360, received an increase each
year, until in the year 1901 1t reached the sum
OF $24,797.2O. In this manner it's development was
enabled to keep pace with the rest of the country
Inc progress of the museum has been very
rapid since Lie Don Justo Sierra secretary of
public instruction. took charge of the educational
development OF Mexico, and during the past three
years it has enlarged its collections until thew con.
sist Of nearly 10000 objects Such an abnormal do
velopment made the space occupied by It too
SMALL and 1t was divided into two departments:
National Museum of History, Archaeology. and
Ethnology, and National Museum of History The
former remains In the National palace. and the
latter Is being removed to new building of s,f.
nc1ent size for It's requirements
A striking proof of the efforts made by the
supreme government to perfect it's educational es.
adjustments Is the fact that the present annual
appropriation for the museum of $120 900 is almost
ten times as great as was the appropriation of
1S67-1S6S.
The publication in which this sketch appeared
is OF comparatively recent origin in so far as it's
actual Importance is concerned It was founded
IN 1871 Its director at that time being Prof. Gu
mes1ndo Mendoza, his principal collaborators he
Ing Manuel Orozco Berra, and Lie Alfredo Cha
vero. 1t was not at that time printed in the mu-
scum as 1t Is only since 1885 that the printing
plant OF the museum, which had very humble he
ginning, got It's start, the nucleus of which was a
Small Colomb1ne press, model 2, chiefly used for
running on cards, or classification slips for the
OBJECTS contained In the establishment From this
time on, however, the various directors who came
ana went, each recognizing the Importance Of hav.
ing we'll equipped print shop, made important
aooltlons, until the plant attained it's highest de-
gre o1 emc1ency, year or ago. with the acuuisi-
ton OF an Optimus press. To celebrate it's acouf
stion two special studies were written and run of
on the new press, one Of which, entitled "Porfrio
Daaz, sus Padres, Ninez Juventud" ("Porfrio
Dlaz MS parents, childhood and youth") was writ.
ten by Lie. Garcia, then professor of history in
tne museum and the edition, which was beautiful.
~ gotten up, was Immediately exhausted
onortly after this, or about the middle of 1907,