The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-26
aRARaARolls MEXICO .

Charles II. Kerr 4 Co. Of Chicago
have recently issued a book entitled
Barbar0us Mexico" written b.. JoAe
Kenneth Turner Tic term h8rhI0
Gus, the author means to apply 10 Inc
Daaz system, not To the Mexican ma
ton as whole
Mr. Turner states that the book 8
the result Of two trips 70 Mexico in
1908 and 1909, Of the pcrusal OF works
in English and Spanish on that coun-
try and OF other sources Of infOrma
tion
The first five chapters Of The book
we're published serially in The Amcr-
can Magazine IN the fall OF 1908. Al
thc time many letter were sent 10
Ell author either 10 rghuke or praise
him Those who upbraidcd him for
iiis denunciaiien Of the Diaz regime
gave as their main argument that
there Is 5000, 900 900 Of American mon
ey invested in Mexico, and that All
expose Of present Mexican conditions
would be sure 10 hurt business" and
react dlsasirously upon American in.
teregts' there.
But. for some reason, the story was
suddenly suppressed Now The Amem-
can public has an opportunity to read
in book form just what the author has
20 say about what he saw and how ho
proves H. a,
The impression left upon the impair
tial reader of the book is thaisdt VITA
truthful account of the MeNicaa sls
alton Mr. Turner admits hat htiMas
forced to pretend that he was an,Ain
erican Investor with unlimited capital
IN order TO become familiar with lab
or conditions that would othcrwisg
have remained unknown to him Tho
Mexican officials and employers were
most desirOus To show him bow chear
labor could be obtained. and. there.
fore, how enormous profits could bo
made ont Of H. And they lct bim see
me very worst system of slavery ever
devised by ans human being claim.
ing q be civilized, 50 SAYS the writer
Mexico says Mr. Turner IS q
country without political freed m
without freedom of speech, without
free ballot without jury system.
without political parties without any
ol our cherished guarantees of life.
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness.
Agan Mexico is a people starved.
a nation PROSTATE
The statements made iu The book
are backed by corroburative evidence
taken from sources that the feadcr
can investigate for himself The au.
thor Is apparently moved bg the do
sire 70 describe wbat he saR him
self accurately rather thanby Chat Of
making ont ease against Diaz
The writer lays di the door OF Dial
all the cruelty and Injustice THAI char,
acierize the present system He
states that the people OF Ne1.co DO
not want hun for president. but tha
it has been impossible 10 elect me
man Of their choice when the polls
were guarded by Diaz soldiers. aAl
ahY prospective presidential cand-
Il t'a was thrown ii Jail OF expo aaQ
ircu the country
The description OF the peouage and
horrors of the virtual slavery said TO
exist IN Mexico are much worse than
anything ever written Of slavery INT
the south before the civil war The
minuleness of detail with which the
author porlrays the conditions OF
those unfortunate Victims OF capital
ism and inhumanity run mad impress,
ses one with the idea that it Is all
based upon facts.
Mr Turner blanles the American
investors, several OF whom he names,
for those inlquitous conditions. as
well as those federal officials and the
the representatives of special inter
'@sts who know Of those things. bat
copdone ihRm aras9a s.
He says that III the American peOnlo
knew those things just as they are,
they would compel Diaz TO become
humane or give up the office he oc.
cupies under false pretenses.
The Mexican people, says the au.
thor, are not TO blame for that stage
cf affairs He pays a tribute TO their
qualities, and says that they are not
ignorant or live in fifthliness because
they enjoy It, but because they are
kept down. He quotes from con
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