The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-06

100000 and is the autocrat of the State
of Chihuahua
Greater Than Job.
Just across the border of Chihuahus
is the State OF Coahuila where the
Madero family owns It's vast estates,
which are now liable 10 conhscation,
and little to the southwark. in SEN
Luis Potosi, Is Encarnacion Ipina, who
holds more than 100000 acres.
lpina has live stock which exceeds in
number many times that of all tho
cattle, camels and sheep owned by
Job. the famed rnonopolst OF the
Land of Uz. and he also raises corn
wheat. beans and potatoes. Never
theless. not one twentieth OF his lands
are under cultivation, and his Indian,
workmen cannot buy an acre to hold
in fee simple.
Another big owner in the same State
is Mrs. Sarah H. De Lee. She has oveS
a million acres and of these she Gull
tivates only $4,000.
In the state OF Tlaxcala, which is
about half the size Of Connecticut, thir-
ty-nine persons or families own all
the land. and this notwithsta nding the
population is almost 100000. In the
Territory of Topic, which has over
10000 inhabitants, the country is
practically owned by thirty one fam
lies. and in Tamaulipas lives Manuel
Gonzales, who owns three and one
half millions, or an area which is al
most two-thirds as big as Massachu-
setts. Nevertheless. Gonzales cult
Yates only one acre in every 700, and
his vast horde Of poems do not own
the land upon which their rude homes
are built
Some big Tropical Farms.
The State OF Vera Cruz is largely
made up OF tropical lowlands, and its
rnT art nc al 81.
divided of all the Mexican States
,, Nevertheless, there are many land
holders there possessing from l5O,0u0
to 100000 acres each, and man named
Braniff. who is of British and Spanish
descent, has $4,000 acres planted to
wheat and many square miles devoted
to cattle. He has thirty acres Of
lawn In his home grounds and he lives
like lord. His hacienda employs f.
500 men, and it takes a population of
more than 5000 to care for It.. Ten
thousand cattle feed upon its pas
lures. and among them are some of
the best animals which fight in the
bull ring at Mexico City. This plan
tation has large irrigated areas and
rs owner has erected dams and
canals at cost of hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars. The plantation has
railroads upon 1t and a -four mill
worked by electricity.
Extravagances OF the Rich.
These haciendados, as the plutocrat
laHdholders are called, have money be-
yond the dreams of avarice. They
usually live magniicently upon their
estates but just now, while the rebels
and bandits are moving about over
Mexico. large number of them have
come here to the Capital, while others
have left for Madrid and Paris. In
some cases the fighting Is going on
upon their haciendas, and they want
their families to be away from the
danger OF mobs. On this account, not
q few OF them have rented or bought
houses here, and for the past two
years have kept off their farms.
It Ia on some Of the biggest estates
that most of the fighting goes on.
Take that Of Terrazas. The rebels of
Chihuahua have torn up the railroads
and tho Mexican Central line. which
goes south from Ell Paso. has been
long out OF running. The trouble
there has largely come through Ter
ra.as himself, who is said to be as aLu-
tocratio as the Gear OF Russia He is
now an old. man, but his SONS rule,
and 1t is they who are trying to pro-
tect the property.
Don Luis Terraxas.
I have heard great deal about tho
Terrazas family since came here
Outside the land the old man owns
the most OF the public utilities Of his
neighborhood, and he also loans money
at high rates of Interest. He controls
the banks and his income it enormous.