Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-04

Spaniards who were pursuing him. With
him were Andreas Quintana Roo, a young
patriotic lawyer, and Dona Leona Vicaria;
who gave all OF her vast wealth when less
than IS years old to Hidalgo to help him
fight for justice. In the state house hangs
q life-size painting of the girl who thus
fought for the Independence of Mexico
And there she is reverenced as the heroine
of Saltllo
The very air of Coahuilla, and especially
Saltillo, Is electrified by the breath and
thoughts OF her thousands of citizens, who
for generations have been educated to free
dom, and to those who know the truth
there is no surprise in the fact that a son
OF Coahuilla has gone from the cradle of
liberty and Instituted a revolt against It's
enemy
What the MaderOs Own.
There is little that Is really good in the
state OF Coahuila that the Maderos have
not owned a large part OF or do not at this
time own. The quaint Aztec Spanish In
dian, Mexican town. Parras, situated about
half way between Saltillo and Torreon, is
practically controlled by the Maderos or
was up to the time OF the uprising and still
is unless they have sold their vast hold
ings, The street railways, electric light
plant water, much OF the town property
belongs to the family. They own all the
principal vineyards for which the place Is
renowned. the winery and the ancient wine
cellars, made by the native Indians under
the direction of Spanish priests in 1880.
The cellars with their casks and hogsheads
made by hand with the use only of the
crudest instruments are in daily use to-
day and in a state of perfect preservation.
The value OF the vineyards and wine eel
lars, now equipped in the most modern
manner for making various grape wines, is
almost inestimable.
Thousands of acres OF rich grazing lands
on which vast herds of cattle are fattened
each year for the market extend for many
miles around the town OF Parras and lead
off to the mountainous regions, which are
covered with valuable timber. Vegetable
and small fruit farms are everywhere in
evidence on the valley lands owned by the
Maderos. From them hundreds Of Next
cans live free every year. The Maderos
not only put their poor brother men ana
women In a way OF doing for themselves
by giving them work for which they are
paid, but they give them all their food.
houses to live In and a percentage OF the
profits OF the crops they help to raise.
They likewise encourage all TO try TO be-
come owners OF property. and offer them
every reasonable assistance TO effect that
end.
In the Rubber Industry.
one OF the most profitable enterprises
owned by the Maderos is a big factory for
the extraction OF rubber from the guayule.
the famous scrub rubber tree which grows
prolifically in the mountainous regions OF
Coahuila. Extensive areas over which the
valuable tree grows are owned by Fran
cisco I. Madero and family The extrae-
ton capacity OF this factory is about 5000
pounds OF crude rubber day, and as the
cost OF extraction is less than three cen
tRvos pound. which is all the expense the,
MadeTos have as they own the trees. the
profit Is big, even with guayule as low as
30 cents pound, which is much less than
the writer has ever known II to be quoted.
The Madero holdings are not confined TO