The Detroit times., 1910-11-14
YANKEES HAVEN'T
MUCH LOVE FOR
"GREASERS"
Down on the Border You Feel You
Can Lick Is Mexicans and
Diaz's Subjects Believe
You Can.
Facts About People Who Lynched
Two Americans and Burned Stars
and Stripes.
BY GEORGE sAlNr.AMouR.

oI 0GOhSE OAiN I-AmOOH
Ell PASO. Tex. Nov. 14--Thls Is
the town where the peon. who comes
over here from Ciudad Juarez to work,
says:
II it weren't for Texas, we could
whip the United States
But when long, lean Texan---cow-
boy, rancher, merchant or banker
meets n Mex. the Mex does not cross
his fingers and hiss Uhe death sig
nall. for the Texan says that one
Texan can clean up - poems and the
poems believe il,
The hombTe fears the Lone Star
state man, and the Lone Star state
man feels contempt for the peUn
And So while the Mcxicans were
Tioting against Americans in the city
OF Mexico and otherwise showing
anger over little matter of lynch
ing a Mex in Texas, there was not n
peep from the peOns in these parts
They were laying extremely low, in
deed
In Mexico City--which is well filed
with Americans. who run banks and
railroads and newspapers and the best
shops--not an American is afraid
In fact, the people of the American
north and west and the northwest
are probably more excited today
about the fiag-stampng stunt that oc.
Cured in Mexico CITY than the Amer
leans who are on the scene--but not
half so mad.
An Accurate Comparison.
An American particularly Texan,
loves a Mexican just about as much
as a hooking bird loves rattlesnake
And the MeXican peon is just "a
wary OF the Texan as the bird is Of
the snake.
Mexicans often Nil Americans
along the border-but the American
always gets il in the back Never.
never did a Mex stab a Gringo WITH
his long handy knife from the front
The Texas gun is quicker than the
Mexican knife. although ii must be
said that the Mexican knife is very
quick indeed. The peon carries his
long knife inside his dirty shirt at
the back OF his neck. and with a quick
move OF the hand he soon has the
sharppointed blade ready for bush
ness Then held as he holds Il. with
the butt end OF the dirk against the
palm of his hand he can drive it
twists IL after il has entered, 20 make
sure that the GrngO Is dead. dead,
dead
A Mexican american definition is
greaser first. last and all the time
And greasers are no good. They will
not work they drink too much tequil
la and mescel. and smoke too many
brown cigarets. Rather than work to
earn good grub a Mexican will sub
sist on sugar cane and thousands OF
them may be seen throughout the Diaz
republic carrying yefoot.lonE pieces
Of cane in their hands. which tn"y
suck. alternating the sweet stun with
puffs from their vile ciGarCtS.
An American (MeXican definition
Is a Grngo who thinks he Is a lot
better than we are-and he will al
WAYS think so unless we break the
strings on his banjo. He can shoot
straight and nc is pretty brave-but
he hasn't all the bravery in the world,
and some day we will show him,
While a Texan border man. is
genuinely courteous TO women. he IL
not 40 very careful about the way he
treats the Mexican senOrita (miss),
no matter how big or black her eyes;
and he is very careless about the way
ne treats the Mexican sonora (MrsD.
His wide-brimmed hat does not sweep
the ground when he meets the peon 8
wife or daughter.
"UseIess, Hopeless and Lazy"
Col. John c. Upton. now news
paper man at FL Paso, but who for
several years served i'm custom
house at Eagle Pass has this 10 say
about houhrps (MpXiCanSl
"They are useless. hopeless; they
are law and improvident. When DiaZ
dies. look out! The whole thing viii
fall to pieces Diaz. tyrant, knows
where he is at lie knows that the
tyranny game Ia the only one which
can possiblv have the right effect on
the greaser -,
The coloncl's statement was well
horne out when Diaz came 20 Juarez
70 meet Taft The Juarez people
who EXPRESSED so much hatred for
their presidcnt.emperOr that he had
NOT dared CIV visit them for 30 years,
bent the knee and bowed the head,
and in their own way ra<rahed Tor
the man whom they say Expresses
them
senior and Uncle Sam. for some rea-
son. do not love each other.
Senora often works for missus. but
besides her wages she is positively
sure TO carry away a few household
or personal belongings which were
not included in the bargain she made
AT the door In the morning when she
obtained her Job for the day.
And Americans say that no thief
on the face Of this earth is so eX-
pert. or ambitious. as the Mexican
thief II Is a fact that many houses
on the border have barred WINDOWS
And II is also a fact that the MeXi-
can sleight.of.hand operator uses
pole from 10 to 20 feet long with a
hook and pulls II into his own un-
lawful possession between the bars
Baby carriages left on porches in
border towns disappear during the
night no matter how well lighted the
street may be--the moonlight is usual
" so bright that newspaper can cas-