Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-04
LIMANTOUR, MAN
 OF THE HOUR NOW
Has More Power Than Any Other Man Except
 Diaz. Himself

Senor Don Jose Yves Limantour IS the man to whom the better classes in Mexico Gad the foreigners engaged fin business there are looking for the settlement of a situation of which the present revolution is only single phase.
 Besides being a born diplomat, Senor Limantour possesses more power than any other man in Mex leo at the present time. excepting perhaps President Diaz. Indeed, many Mexicans would not qualify their statement as to Limantour's in fiuence in such way, but think that the minister of finance is him self the person on whom the aged Diaz relies. The people know that Diaz is no longer the yogorous presi- dent who made from a struggling republic torn by dissension rich country whose rights were to be re spected by all nations.
 Some Mexicans believe that a small but powerful group of prom inent and able men in Mexico City are in control of President Diaz. These men whose power is not wholly due to the endowment of popU- lar belief, are known as ~scientifi- cos" (the scientifcs), and Limantour is their head. Without hiu the or ganization could not prosper, and Diaz is authority for the statement that Mexico would not be what < is today were it not for his minister of finance.
 | In this connection Diaz said some | time ago: T have not made Mex ico; have only been one of a mum. Der It is such men as IAmantour
 who have made the country what it ' is. Limantour is a great stateman; i;
 but he has never pushed himself ] forward He refused to accept the nomination for the presidency when II wanted to retire in 1904. He is
 a great man. a great diplomatist, a
 great financier, and he has done much for this country"
 In ten years Limantour reorgan- ized the finances of Mexico. Before
 he was chosen to the office the Mex ! ican government had been accustom ed to an annuol deficit But by a careful direction of affairs and tire. less industry Limantour managed to change the old fiscal system, inherit ed from the Spanish colonial regime
 Several times his health broke down
 under the strain. but he succeeded
 in putting Mexico on a sound finan' cial basis with an annual surplus, fin spite of prophecies to the contrary Another colossal scheme of Linn antours was the enactment of a currency law in 1905, establishing the gold standard in a republic which produces more silver than any bother country in the world. In sup pressing the free coinage of sil lyer the minister of finance had 2 great problem to solve; but after 8 struggle he secured the passage oi the bill giving the government con trol of the mintage and the issue oi coined money. As a result the Mex ican silver dollar rose in value and
 was made fairly stable for purposes syestem has already been of great
 advantage to Mexico in it's develop ment and relations to other coun tries.
 II For several years Linianicur was chairman of the government board of public works, which har charge of the construction of the great
 drainage sysem of canals. conduit.
 and the six-mile Tequixquiac tunnel
 which carried the water of floods and the marshes away from Mexico ]. City. During the time that he wa.
 chairman in charge of the supervis