The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-08

k1m's Jaws.
Dovr,shted. 1913. by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
fh,. letter is devoted TO the small
ar,ad magnate or the millionaire
pualtst nor the skilled mining or
Iii engineer who is sent down over
border with money to burn. 1t
f,r the wOuld-be settler. who has
lew hundred or a few thousand dol
r. and for the man who has caved
IT. money and hopes to plant it
hcrn will breed gold dollars more
pidly than the rabbits of Austria
brjug forth their young. To such,
exi"o has been painted as an Ell Do
ID. whose treasure vaults may be
kea-d as easily as was the cave of
II Forty Thieves to u dc friend
Saba. and also as a Garden of
beu. where you may SOW coffee, CO.
>aoutS and bananas, and then lie in
" shade of the trees until the fruit
r.rS iato you mouth.
Warning TO Investors.
- tiulu 10 Id H vs.
Nv IN these days of rebellion. bril-
kndase and political unrest. there
-, rhance at all for the small man.
Then the country ia quiet and peace
Is returned, il will be different, and,
shall show farther on, the OPP
brlnnities for large profits will prob
bly % greater than in the United
fates. Mexico is ready for a mighty
eveiopment and there are millions
American dollars which will roll
bwn over the border as soon as gu,
D u, tliiSts can be sure that they will
permanently safe. One of the con
bls ellis me that during the las
ears II the Diaz regime, new money
Fss roming in by h tens Of thou
Ands of dollars a day. This none!
tas damned back by the revolution
ry troubles. and it only awaits stablt
onlitions TO break forth in a tida
W. over the republic. If this i
b i will pay the big man and tn
tti- man 10 keep his yes upon Mex
Lost Money in Mexico.
Eat. as ! have suggested. it will pa,
D. small man to watch out. ! hav
PEA looking into the results Of tn
p1it Investments OF the past. Ameri
bus ell me Of thousands Of PEG
e who have put their little saving
(tp Mexican stock companies, An
e've gotten nothing back. This Is til
fd'c, Of cur consuls. Of timing Ell
eers aud Of American business me
pa have travelled Ger tho C nntr!
D. opportunities us here, but til
FL hss been largely exploited l.
Phe companies and stock-tobbin
fnd,cates. These men, by prOmisin
normOus returns, have persuaded tn
nal' man TO invest what he had an
mortgage his future for addition
inns. 20 be paid On monthly install
Hepts. Most of such companies ha,
Pued and many OF them have bee
Hhes, pure and simple. The bona az
epts'ists her are satisfied with
10 per cent profit, and if there We
Pany INVESTMENTS which would n
lem 100 per cent. they would grs
nem. This is not 81 only OK min
~ Of topical agriculture. and it
NJ say that n man who pronis
~ per ent profit within five or Il
fars is y fraud.
advice From Uncse SANS Agents
ooe ot the most careful observe
Tie men sent here by the Cover
-nt. - Charles M. Pepper, who "
lns a correspondent Of h Chicaa
rioaae. la a report TO Congress.
a.ed that no American scho
Pscher. clerk. day laborer. seamstre
'pii-se professor, who had only
hundred dollars or savings. h
"a risht TO risk them in a Mexic
tocs company, especially in those !
nt'as; to tropical plantations. He a
Use" them tn take their little hord
nj torow them into the sea a
s'- q record Of the place whs
ne cubbies came up for their gran
"i,dreH. rather than to put them IL
""h companies with the hope II
Wy wOuid ever come back TO tht
their grandchildren.
IN" of u consul la avs II
American, and especially no Q
e." small savings. should invest
n'sic' without a report from p'
10 waotn he knows to be RELAX
Peer still would il be for him
Que here TO see before he buys ]
s"eS DO no always mean reiiabil
stAt-m.nt. aud the so-calied 8,
'hn'f CaSSiODS for the IN We