The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-16
NEW YORK PARADE SHOWED VARIETY All Nations Took Part in
 Big Affair LESSONS OF MEXICO Lieutenant Armes Talks on Necessity for Good Horses-Birds Used
 to Fight the Boil
 Weevil
LESSONS OF MEXICO
By ROBERT LEE CARTER

BY ROBERT LEE CARTER New York, July 15-(Special )-Of course everybody knows that New York l is a cosmopolitan city. But just what
 that means is understood by most of us in hay sort of way. It took Mayor Gaynor's safe and sane Fourth of July
 to impress the fact on us In a way hard to forget. The parade of nations was certainly most interesting sight
 Every continent. every race and prac- tically every nation was represented in the line by men, women and children clad in their national garb.
 The hundreds of thousands who
 watched the parade were deeply inter- ested, and let me say here, that those
 of us who had an idea that the Chinese are slow. phligmatic race, lacking in
 humor are greatly mistaken. A liveli
 CT, more comical set. have never seen
 than the several hundred Chinese in
 that parade. The Chinese division was led by an American brass band and a
 company of well-drilled Khaki clad | Chinese soldiers The rear was
 brought up by a company of ld-time | Chinese troops, clad in the costume | familiar to students of old time histories armed with, what seemed a combination i of hayforks and fish spears, inter
 sperced with long headed weapons as wide across as a dinner plate, and With | all sorts of jabbng points and cutting edges. Between the two were Chinese | of all descriptions of dress and drag | on block long.
 They cut up all sorts of capers and l despite the killing heat, were having | the time of their lives. The parade
 was a great sight and gave an added
 Idea of New York's infinite variety. | "The Mexican revolution demon strated one thing-that thoroughbred horses are the only foundation for the | development of a satisfactory remount | for the army" says Lieutenant A. D. | Armes an army officer. who has spent
 several weeks on the Mexican border "The rebellion down in Mexico could not be called war in the sense that the
 word war is used in the writing of his
 tory but it accomplished it's purpose, i and 1t brought into service a consider | able number of war tools. The MeXi- can government made every possible ef-
 fort to equip the federal troops with l the best munitions of war. You know 1 the Mexican pony is pretty good sort | of animal. A very large part of the l '
 mounted on ponies. and nearly all the officers of the insurgent troops used ponies. The revolution had not been 1 long going on when the thoroughbred
 made his appearance in the federal | cavalry. The superiority of this ami
 nal was quickly discerned that the government dispatched agents to the | United States to buy up all the thor l oughbreds that could be had. l ven ture to say that considering the number
 of soldiers engaged in the recent in
 surrection, there were more thorough
 breds used as mounts for soldiers than
 have ever been employed In a war, and
 they proved completely that they are
 the best to be had for war purposes
 They could outrun and outstay the
 Mexican pony. Ii was not long before the insurgents got next to the fact that
 the federal cavalry had superior horses and in all of the engagements, the fire
 of the insurgents was directed, not so
 much against the soldiers as against the horses. The insurgent sharp
 shooters wisely saw that the horses of the federals were more formida ble
 enemies than the soldiers themselves"
 st Augustine, Florida, is not the
 oldest settlement In the United States
 although, that the is the general inn
 pression." says, Charles A Spiess of
 Los Vega, N. M. MT. Spiess, who
 was president of the constitutional con
 vention. which framed the constitution
 now pending before the Senate, has been in the east for several weeks in behalf of Statehood.
 'G say St. Augustine is not the oldest European settlement in the United 1 States" repeated MT. Spiess. That
 honor belongs 10 Santa Fe, N M,
 which was settled by the Spaniards in | 1852. and they have gone from that |
 ] in Santa Fe, is probably the oldest bull ding now standing in this country It | is still in a state of excellent preser- vation, and is one of the sights visited | daily by tourists from all parts of the
 world. Alberque, Raton, and Los Vegas are all modern town, and are not unlike eastern cities.
 , New Mexico is in very prosperous condition. It Is not generally known l believe that for years. New Mexico has | been the fourth wool producing state | in the Union. being surpassed only by | Ohio, Texas and Montana. fear 1t
 will not hold its present position as a wool producing state much longer how
 ever. as the great grazing areas of New
 Mexico are fast being taken up by| | homesteaders, necessatating the depict | ion of large herds of sheep which for
 merly roamed on our plains. Our mining | industry is undeveloped. The coal | mnlng industry. however, is forging , rapidly 10 the front. New Mexico has more coal area than Pennsylvania and West Virginia together.
 There is another thing about Neu, Mexico. that has escaped the attention of most persons. The people of that ! Territory, have served under three
 goNernments-Spain. Mexico and the United States. In santa Fe is the old
 palace of the governor, and 1t is stilI
 in good condition. This palace was th home of governors of Spain and Mexico for more than 200 years, and from iii flag poles have flown the ensigns of three nations. We have existed unde E territorial form of government sin 70 1850, but we hope before this Conprese adjournS to be an independant state in | American Union.
 "Is it not time to organize Auduhon | societies all over the country? Asked
 J. E. Beal make this observation be-
 cause of the recent agitation of the
 problem in the south of how to get rid
 of the boil weevil. How to grow cot
 ton in spite of the boil weevil Is a sub
 iect that has been much discussed in | the cotton growing states. It has been | suggested that the way 10 grow cotton successfully is to burn all stalks before | frost or before October 15, and other
 absurd advice has been offered As
 a matter of fact, less than half the cot | ton is picked before October 15, and I would not burn at this time unless dried. My experience has been that the best way to raise cotton success
 fully, is to plant only the best land in