The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-08-02

less ~ Consequences he VS. determined
I" have nIl IA" arms aud horses of the
foreigner, ~ well ~ natives aud those
possessing arms aud horses might ~
well hccumc rrcuucilcd ~ that fact aud
surrender them peaceablv.
G"u. SaIalar was particularly severe
IL his arrnignmcu' Of the American GOV
eminent because 1T the course i had
pursu"d toward the rcvoluiionists. and
referred 20 President Taft rs u spine.
less executive who trailrd behind Pres
tdcut Mad"ro, who, wrakling. though he
was. had the power 10 make the fat
man ia the white house DO his bidding
n III" matter Of keeping the working
people OF Mexico in slavery.
Salazar was Interrupted by Charles
I.ipovSitlky, an Fl paso man, who was
In the audience, with the request Ia
know why Americans IN Mexico. who
were all "w"rkingmcn aud who had no
voice IN the matter should hc punished
for the alleged sins of the American
government. To which the general re-
piled that Mexico was no place for an
American workingmau 20 begin with
aud that il they had failed in making
the American government what IL
should hc in the eyes Of workingmen.
how much greater would h" their fail.
urc in helping bring about an ideal
government in Mexico.
10 n statement that, if he pursued
his policy Of bounding Americans he
would succeed in closing down the Pear
son and MADEIRA plants, Gen Snlalar re-.
piled that the closing Of the plants
would give him 1000 more soldiers. all
of whom he would arm with the rifles
pistols and cartridges ffkcn from the
foreigners. The threat that his cry of
=" Mexico for Mexicans' would result
in the driving Of foreign industrial EN-
terprises ont of Mexico did not interest
him. he said. Foreigners We're in Mex.
~ ~ w 'Nll'NN " dHN Us Elf'l lfN'Nl'fN
tor their own benefit aud not for the
benefit of Mexico and the sooner that
exploitation was stopped the better, he
said.
TO illustrate his point, he pointed 10
the shacks and "iacals' of that por.
tion of Mexican town near the station
and coItrastcd them with the comfort
able buildings in which the Americans
employed in the mills are housed and
he asked his Mexican hearers To think
Of those differences in treatment ar
corded the foreigners rs against ma.
tions lay thocse great foreign enter.
priscs which were siid To be- doing 80
much for the Mexican people.
"You work like a slave aud live in
a novel, while the foreigner who bosses
YOU lives like q king he concluded,
as the train pulled out.
While the speech was a~pplauded by
some of the Mexican workingmen who
gathered 10 hear il, it did not meet
with the approval of All and It is very
doubtful # il wins many 10 the cause
Of the revolution,
With the women and children out of
camp there Is a feeling that the men
who have remained will be able to cope
with any emergency which may arise,
The demand for horses aud arms con.
tinues aud probably 80 rifles aud as
many pistols had been gathered in up
Ia sunday night. There is some dread
as to what may happen after Maj. Que.
vedo withdrnws his forces Ia take part
in the impending battle AT Oiitos aud
the town Is occupied by some Of the
many small bainds of irrcsponsibles
now roaming the hills In search of eat,
tie and horses. With no arms or am.
munition thp tOWn will he M the mercy