The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-09-21


AVN II the lure OF easy money and
swinging hammocks and
here is a popular feeling that fortunes
wait for the hustlng American who
ventures into the land Of the Monte
Gumas.
Americans look upon the Mexican as
an untutorcd ana childNkn individual
who cannot compete with Yankee
Ehrcwducss sooner or later the adj.
vou'urOus fuaucicr of the northern re.
public ventures across the line into
/ the southern republic and invests In
\ banana plantation a aye wood con.
/ ccssion or mine OF ineffdble rich.
. upsg
Fleeing the "grngo has become
/ al established business IN those arid
lands that'li" TO the west and the
south OF the Rio Grandc del Nortc a
/ stream OF good American dollars IS
poured across The line into the land
OF tomorrow The Mexican has taken
leaf from the book of the dead and
gone boomers OF the old boom towns
Of the prlirics The recent insurrcr.
ton has stimulated business Of this
sort but It has been well established
for the last decade
Takers Iookino for Victims
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thnm howovcr o-o cortIoncr ,,;,h
saddle coIorod cou,,lov,ons aud Cas.
uIian accents Thev Iat !, he kroy,
that for reosouc mn, unco,nertoJ viii,
the disturbed conditions og ,roir homo.
land they must sell THOR dissertations
Of their very eroot nIopfotiops roll
from practIced tongues
They will sell Won ANYTHING from q
sugar beet pIantation IN n salt riro n,
n gold mine They proror IN do,I in
those lost mines" Of which MI trace
vanished before tho revoIutiop NJ
1898 Some old Indian I'm fbair groun
OF family retalners has So the story
goes. recently rediscoyercd this nIacc
OF fabulous richness The pIansIhIo
gentleman canro, return and wori
this mine He wifi be thrown into
fail or he will he persecuted nv his
political enemies. Alas he needs
money now, at once. He must sell
and he usually does sell Tho gold |
brick has always been n weakness nj |
the American
Banana plantations are ono NJ tho |
main standbva of The dark skiprad
promoter. He ALWAYS has many Mic
lures They are photographs Of beau.
t'ui banana groves with himself
s'"hu'hs wen IN Tue foreground. Big
ouhcneS OF 'Le run ar" dropping over
MS sHo"'uer' ana around MN are
NUMBER OF "iiii' cIad haltbrecds. to
"hoh ne refers as MS poems.
ms lahguage rises to lridescent
helgh's as he describes the so grand
hacienda ana IN" vast acres that sur.
'ouhu ms nome Ills tongue fairly
drips gold as he describes the fertile
'aHa' u" glorious climate and the
'eftainty OF fortune to the lucky
man VINO Rrssps the pFovidcntial OPP
pnrtunity