El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

Ihey are also largely professional men
: and they act as clerks, bookkeepers
] wholesale and retail dry goods stores,
| and they own most of the cotton mills,
having in that industry alone some
/ thing like 100000 900. They have put
more than 100000 in tobacco fac
1 tories. The Germans control the hard
/ ware stores and they have many plan
I tatiOns. The English have some large
mines, big Investments in timber and
farms, large part Of the oil business
and many tramways and electric light
plants. There are many British sales
agents in MeXicos representing English
importing houses.
What Some Americans Do.
Our mighty investments give some
4 idea Of what our people are doing south
OF the Rio Grande river. 4 great num-
Der of those who have investments are
on the ground to take care Of them
There are hundreds Of American min
ers and scores Of American civil. cleo
trical and mining engineers. There are
American farmers with American fore
men and American coffee planters and
many fruit raisers- There are a large
Number Of Americans engaged in the
oil business. not only in the properties
belonging TO the citizens of the United
States. but as Overseers, well drillers
and labOrers In prospecting the oil ter
ritOry and caring for the petroleum.
Every large city has its American col
boarding house, usually run by on
American woman, in every important
town There are number of such at
the capital, and they are usually bet
ter than the hotels, with much lower
prices
The big railroads are largely man
aged by Americans, although of late
years the engineers. conductors and
brakemen have been replaced by ma
tives- There are many American pro-
fessiOnal men and especially doctors
and dentists. ] am told thtre are two
american physicians at the capital who
have practices worth $4,000 year, and
j Know OF numerous QenuStS from the
United States who are putting peas Of
silver amalgam into the mouths Of
MeXicans and taking pumpkins Of gold
out Of their pockets.
As lar back as 10 years ago our con-
sui general to Mexico City estimated
that there were 1000 American COM
panles and capitalists who had invest
ments in Mexico There are somewhere
between 5000 and 5000 Americans living
at the capital and they have wholesale
and retail stores here Of various kinds
The city has three clubs which are
American. One is the University club
in the COlOnia section, TO which belong
many American civil and electrical en-
gineers, as well as leading business
men. Another is the American club, in
the heart OF the city, which is always
filled with Americans and others at the
Country club. outside the city, where
the Americans go to loaf and play golf
We have here a newspaper, the Next
can Herald. which Is owned and edited
by Americans, and there are several no
tells managed by Americans and at
which most of the Americans stay. In
the first fight between Diaz and Ma
dero, the former dropped a shell
through the roof Of Mrs. POrters new
American house.
GringOes and Greasers.
In addition TO the above eminently
respectable class of Americans VINO
have skill. money and brains, there are
others from our country OF lar Cl1-
ferent type. We have a few Americans
In Mexico who have left the United
States under clouds OF one kind or an
other, and we have some from over the
border. who have come in with chips
on their shoulders which they dare
any native TO knock on This IS the
type which the Mexican calls the
gringO. He thinks there is no land like
the United States and is ready to prove
II with fist or revolver. he wounds the
feelings Of the Mexican, who IS natur-
ally polite, and he calls him a greaser.
It Is this class that has had much to
90 with the III feallng between the two
countries The word greaser should be
applied only TO the rough and tough {
Mexican, who compares with the better
and SOberer classes much as the grinSO
does with the gentlemanly American.
There are undoubtedly many bad men
Of both nations in the country Just I
now, and the present conditions CT
brigandage and revolution have led 10 |
a large increase in Outrages Of one Z
kind or other. This is so not only !
upon the MeXicans, but upon the 1
foreigners as well I am told that /
these Outrages in out Of the way places /
have been far more numerous than I
the United States thinks. and that /
much greater number Of Americans |
Ii fe T1r~A
supposed
Does the Mexican Like the Americana |
This is a question which is often
asked II you put it to a Mexican Of /
the better class he will tell you yes,
ana that MS country looks 10 ours for 1
its development and culture He viii I
show you that a large proportion Of I
the Mexican boys and girls who 90 1
abroad TO be educated are sent TO the ]
United States, and that MeXicO's trade I
Is greater with US than with any other /
nation. On the other hand the Mexi- |
can is much like the Russian. II you /
scratch the Russian deep enough you /
viii find a Tartar. The real Mexican /
is a Spaniard and I do not believe he |
likes US. He is Jealous. and he cOvets |
our ability 10 make money and do big /.
things. He is frightened at the pre- /
ponderance OF American investments, /
and in his soul he believes we mean
TO conquer and take possession of the I
ldNQ- Inc more YOU protest the I
greater he thinks is your hypocrisy.
Moreover. the better classes here have |
a contempt for business and business (
men. They would rather have a gov J
eminent cIerkship or be one Of the /
hangerS-on TO a rich haciendadO than /
a mine manager at $4,000 a year.
The poems are like the MeXicans.
They are polite. and our bluff ways are |
disagreeable TO them. The average
American does not understand how to
handle them, and he makes enemies
where the native employer does not.
Big Investments in Mexico.
Many Of our single investments here
run high into the millions. This IS so
Of the mines and shelters, the latter
being largely owned by the Guggen-
helms. Some Of the most important
mining companies are operated under
charters from American states, and not
a few have capital stocks running high
into the millions. The American
Smelling and Refining company Is
capitalized at S10O,0OO.000, and i mas
already paid dividends of S5S,O00.0OO
with a surplus Of S17,0O0,O0Q The
Batoptlas Mining company. which mas
the properties developed by the late
governor Shepherd, has S9,0O0,000 OF
capitalization, and its surplus is some
think like $4,000 900. The Greene
CanaHea Copper company, which has