Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17
sheet which shows what has been ac-
C m plished
Commerce Of Mexico through the
Shows Great Growth. me- u.. :, ths

Shows Great Growth. ni.z ;s The
statement Of imports and exports. y
comparison Of the imports of today with
those of 1876 dfscloses the fact that they
have quintupled in the thirty-tive years
since Diaz first assumed the reins Of
government. Even more marked has
been the growth of the export business
OF the republic. The aggregate annual
exports have multiplied ninefold in the
thirty-five years. and while the COM
mercial balance sheet for last year shows
a decline as compared with high-water
mark in 1903, yet the foundations have
been laid Tor an international trade vast
ly greater than the. present figures in
dictate.
For many years mining has been the
principal source Of wealth, but since the
mining industry got into full swing un-
der the beneficent mining laws adopted
by the Diaz government. 1t has been rap
idly developing. although it IS still in
comparative infancy. Last year there
public, the aggregate output of which
was valued at $16O.OOOOOO. On every
hand investment in mining properties Is
being encouraged today and 1t is conf
4 century Mexico will be one of the
greatest mineral producing countries OF
the world.
Agriculture likewise has been making
much progress under the rule Of Diaz
and in the past year or two there has
been a wonderful awakening in the ag-
riculture interest Of the republic. Presi-
dent DiaZ is persuaded that the greatest
boon that can come to his people is that
the agricultural lands of Mexico shall
be I'm the hands of the masses, and that
universal education shall be extended to
them. He is doing everything he can
to encourage the immigration OF Amer
lean farmers to Mexico. hoping that their
tute the best school of agriculture the
Mexican farmer can enjoy at this stage
of his career.
1t is said that the growth Of a nation
may be measured by the expansion OF
its postal serv-
Postal Service Growth ice andthe
Index to Progress. Of the nieces
Of mail carried. In 1876 less than 5.OOo.-
600 pieces Of mail were handled by the $40
post Offices throughout the republic. In
1910 approximately 2OO.C0O.OOO pieces were
handled by the 1900 post offices. The in
crease in telegraph messages has been
as marked and the mileage Of telegraph
wire has been multiplid by ten. The
central post Office in Mexico City is one
Of the most beautiful in the world, and
mail matter intrusted to the Mexican
postal service is practically as well
handled as in the United States. This
is In marked contrast to the mail sys-
tenn Of many Of the Central American
republics, where systems Of espionage go
down even to the opening of private
mail. In most Of these republics the
mail is uncertain that the average
business man uses the telegraph wher-
ever possible.
In Mexico City one is afforded a re-
marable picture of what has been done
under the rule Of Gen. Diaz. When he
came to the presidency the capital was a
dirty, unkept city, with its population
damned in such a small area that practi-
cal sanitation was an irnpossibility. Grad
ually under a we'll wrought system of
street. extension and electric railway pio-
neering. 1t has grown to a. city several
times as large in area as II was in 1876
and has been developed into one Of the
most beautiful capitals in the world. On
every hand one may see the results OF
the beneficent policies Of the Mexican
president.
Industries of every kind have thrived
under the rule of the benevolent despot
Of Aztec land. Mexico today boasts Of
having the largest power plant in the