Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
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EXICO savors Of romance
mescal, chilli, guitar thump
ings and gold. 1t has about
A It the lure Of easy money and
swinging hammocks, and
there 10 popular feeling that fortunes
wait for the hustling American who
ventures into the land Of the Monte.
Bumas.
Americans look upon the Mexican a.
IN untutored and childlike individual
who cannot compete with Yankee
shrewdness. Sooner, or later the i'd
veuturous financier Of the northern ~
public ventures across the line into
the southern republic and invests In
= banana plantation, . dye wood con-
oession or mine Of ineteable rich
ness.
! 11eecing the "gringo" has become
"a established business In those arid
lands that lie to the west and the
south Of the Rio Grande del Norte. A
stream Of good American dollars IL
poured acr6ss the line into the 'land
q tomorrow" The Mexican has taken
( Leaf from the book Of the dead and
gone boomers Of the old boom towns
Of the prairiss. The recent insurrec-
ton has stimulated business Of this
sort, but It has been we'll established
for the last decade.
!; Takers Looking for Victims.
You can buy anything you may hap
pen to desire among these transient
promoters Of the resources of Old
Mexico. They have aped the advertis-
Ing Of the legitimate concerns that are
honestly endeavoring to open up GER
tain rich sections Of the backward re-
public. The fact that many colonists
we'll placed and carefully instructed
have made money in the new lands
has made business good for the faker
and the swindler who have followed in
the steps Of the honest promoter.
Many Of the plausible tongued gem
tlemen who come up out Of Old Mex
leo to sell plantations are Americans,
sun tanned. saturnine men, with q
gift Of tongues. The great majority Of
them. however, are gentlemen with
saddle colored compilations and Cas-
lillian accents. They let 1t be known
that for reasons not unconnected with
the disturbed conditions Of their home
land they must sell. Their descriptions
OF their very great plantations roll
from practiced tongues.
They will sell you anything from q
sugar beet plantation to salt mine or
. gold mine. They prefer to deal In
those ''lost mines," Of which all trace
before the revolution of
1888. Some old Indian in their group
of family retainers has, SO the story
goes, recently rediscovered this place
Of fabulous richness. The plausible
gentleman cannot return, and work
this mine. He will be thrown into
jail or he will be prosecuted by his
political enemies. Alas, he needs
money now. at once. He must sell,
and he usually does sell. The gold
brick has always been q weakness of
the American.
Banana plantations are one of the
main standbys of the dark skinned
promoter. He always has many pic
lures. They are photographs OF beau
dful banana groves, with himself
we'll In the foreground. Big
punches Of the fruit are dropping over
his shoulder, and around him are
number OF white clad halfbreeds, to
whom he refers as his poems"
His language rises to iridescent
heights as he describes the 80 grand
and the vast acres that sur.
round his home. His tongue fairly
trips gold as he describes the fertile
and, the glorious climate and the
certainty of fortune to the lucky
nan who grasps the providential OBJ
portunity.
These gentlemen with the smooth
md versatile manners invade Amer
can cities. They work very cautious
y and very quietly among the sort
Il people who dream of getting rich
'ver night by some lucky speculative
urn. They stop at the little out of
he way hotels and tell tale OF perse-
luton that accounts for their secre-
i've movements.
Talk for the Investor.
As rule the swarthy coloring, the
accent and the photographs
4 the plantations. concessions, rubber
royes and banana forests are all that
he promoter needs In order to con-
tnce his victims.
All, but see, senor," he exclaims,
here Is the station of the railway
bat is located quite near the haci-
'nda-' As he talks he rifles through
bunch OF Mexican photographs. Sc
setting one how and then with much to
'dify his listener.
You will see that there is transporta-
Lon for the minerals. the fr,Its and |