El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
N|CARkCUhNS
To Thy h|R
MAIL LINE
A Cargo of Aeroplanes For
Bluefields to Garry Mail
to Managua.
MAIL NOW GOES BY
SLOW BOAT METHOD

BluefieIds, Nicaragua, Dec. 6.-Ar-
for the Importation of a cargo of aero
planes. They are to be used in carry
ing mail between Managua, other cit
les on the west coast and interior
towns, and the ports along the easI
coast.
AT present the transportation of mail
is as slow as the natives can make it.
Bluefields and Port Zelaya are about
20 miles apart, both being on the east
coast yet it frequently takes three
weeks or a month for mail TO reach
one point from the other.
Residents in Bfuefields desiring TO
send mail to Cape Gracias, 120 miles
to the north, find the best plan is to
send it by steamer to New Orleans,
thence back on the same steamer to the
Cape. In this manner letter will
reach its destination in about two
weeks.
Mail sent from the City of Mexico,
the middle of October, 1909, for Blue
fields, reached there less than 10 days
ago. Mail from Bluefields for Mana
qua is frequently sent to New Or
leans, thence to San Francisco and
down the coast on Pacific mail
a month, and is much less time than is
required to get mail to the interior.
But the installation of the airship, the
inhabitants believe. will insure rapid
delivery of mail
Too Lazy to Mine Gold.
Nicaraguans have been too busy
fighting among themselves for person.
al gain to plan industrial development.
Lying along the river of the east coast
are still millions of urdeyeloped acres
that could be made TO yield fortunes,
Buried but a few feet beneath the sur
face at the headwaters of these streams
are untold quantities of gold, silver
and other metals. More nuggets OF
pure gold have been picked up along
the mountain streams of Nicaragua
than in any other republic or monarchy
Of the world. In no other climate does
fruit, oranges, grape fruit, pineapples,
bananas, reach such a stage Of perfec-
ton Knowing these facts, the natives,
indians and Spaniards, a mixed breed OF
81 varieties, have gone along ekins
out an existence with a possible excep-
ton here and there. Graft has been
their watchword, their idol, their one
aim in life Work is a new word for
them.
An Immoral Nation.
There is plenty of liquor in Blue
fields and all other settlements in the
republic Whisky may be purchased in
practically every store. There are near
" as many saloons in Bluefields as
residences. They are only another in
dex on the moral condition of this peo-
pie immortality is the curse Of the ma
ton, and before Nicaragua can ever
assume a sitting posture among ma
tons its moral code must be reversed.
The United States government may
lend assistance, and by the use or the
iron hand, keep down revolution, but
before il becomes a real nation, the
white man who comes inside its gates
must be clean and wholesome. Therein
rests the blame of the immortality OF
the natives.
Many Americans.
From the incoming tide of immigra-
tion-those foreigners who have flock
ed here since hostility ceased, and
the United States government recog'
nized Estrada as president-much is
expected For the major part. they are
men who have invested and are in
vesting money in agricultural or min
eral lands. Just at present revival
in the banana industry is taking place
Men from the middle west and north
are investing heavily in bananas, rice
and fibre lands. Along the Rio Grande
river. jungles are being cleared and
planted in bananas. a customs house
is being built there for the handling OF
products and a large boat is now ply
ing back and forth on the river. Steel
barges are on their way to the river
to be used in. the banana trade.