El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05

he accessible to American settlers Sucn
win be the Mexican part Of the I'm
Deria1 valley. which is to have its share
! Of the waters of the Colorado river Tor
irrigation. The lands there are as rlcn
as the valley of the Nile and quite equdl
to those now being worked IN the united
There are also large tracts Of low
lands near the coast which VIII De
I opened to the growing OF coIIee ana
bananas and other tropical IrulLs' anu
z there are already some profitable LFOp-
! fcaI estates operated by American syn
dicates Just before the revolutionary
troubles began, American planters were
coming in by the hundreds ana seLJIhS
II the coast lands near the Caribbean sea
Many had holdings near Tamplco' ON
ers had bought timber lands IarlheI
south, some were prospecting Tor Pc
troleum and some were looking up IuD-
Der investments
saw there were many Of these IN
,-astors The term is only comparative
| The permanent American residents OF
Mexico at that time were not more tnan
10000 which is small NUMBER com
pared with the total populallon mere
which is about G, 600, 600. To-Day nous
aDds of these Americans have left.
others have stayed and sent their fam
Z lilies home, and still others nave gwen
up in despair on account OF the unset
| tied conditions. Indeed. dcuDt, t ~
/ there are more than $1,000 or 10000
Americans living in Mexico today
Chances For Young Men.
There is no opportunity for a young
man here without capital, ana lL seems
I to me there viii be but little lot IONS
time TO come. The common laDor Is
done by the indian, who works Tor one
third or One-fifth what the ordinary
day IabOrer of the United states re-
! ceives. and the wages of mechanics are
not One-third those Of the United
/ states There are no chances TOT CLERKS
or pettv bookkeepers. There are many
| Young MeNicans who can keep DOCKS
dc ~
can and Will do ii at one-thlru our
II is only skilled labor and special
/ ability that command nigh prices.
/ refer to such professions as engineer
[ inc and those of the electrical and min
| inc EXPERTS such men are IN demand
and if they can speak Spanish they can
| find plenty TO do
| As to professional men, Mexico mas us
| own doctors and lawyers. II mas
1 smattering of native dentists, DuL lheIe
/ are many American dentists VINO are
I doing we'll. said one OF these to me the
7 made $4,000 the first year I came
[ here. and my receipts now are aDoul
$1,000 a month. can charge DlgSer
| prices than at home and 1 have gotten
as much as 500 for a full set OF JeeJn
unon rubber Whenever / administer
gas I charge $40 for pulHng 51olL,
/ although when 1 yauk out halt Qo1en
/ 7 reduce that rate to 50 for each IOoIn
after the first. In gold Filings my
/ prices are IS and upward, according 10
the size Of the cavity ana the , pans "a. az
| count of the man who has ms Leelh
| filled. I get big money Tor DIldSeWOIh
| and i have made $500 and upward out
| of a single mouth
! This dentist spoke Spanish ana ne
! had picked up the language after com
Knowledge of Spanish Necessary.
As a rule, it is almost lnposslD4S 70
. Hre MI m III
/ Esh and. contrary to the general De
/ lief. the Spanish language IS noL easy
/ TO learn One can pick up 4 smatterlng
] within q few months, but to get gOOu
/ WORKING knowledge il requires year
/ or so of hard study. There are some
] professions in which one must nave
! spanish to enter. This IS so OF Ine phy-
] siriau. who cannot issue death GER
/ tiffcate without he had a government
/ diploma. and OF the attorney, who mas
/ to pass a regular government eNaInlna-
I r an American would act as a pre-
/ scriptfOn clerk in drug store, ne must
I have a diploma from the Mexican au-
] thorities. and, as to school teachers
/ they can do nothing here without un-
/ Outstanding and being able to read ana
I write Spanish. There are openings lot
/ good American stenographers VINO can
/ translate and also take down their noles
in Spanish and English, but many OF
/ the fvpewriting places are now belng
/ filled with native girls who are Iralneq
/ in the female schools Of Mexico CITY. j
/ find such girls acting as private secre-
/ taries in most Of the government OF
| fices. and nearly every professional
| man has one or more of them
Money In Lands.
I With the coming of peace, there is
! sure II be a rise in Mexican lands. /
! am told that real estate values during
I the past five years have risen from 10O
/ to 800 percent and that there viii pc
/ radical increase as soon as conditions
Z There is q DIX movement
| here for dividing the large estates, ana
I such properties are now SOLD all the
I way from so cents to 50 per acre, ac-
| c0rding to their character and I'M
Ia case one wishes to engage in stock
l raising he needs a considerable tract
| The pasturage on the highlands is thln1
| and the range must be much more eN-
! tensive than in our country. At pres
! ent the cattle are poorly ted, ana lney
/ are usually small. 1t is estimated that
it costs less than - IN sold 70 IaL. l5,,.S q
/ steer. I am told that there is money
/ in sheep and goat raising, and tnat
! swine do very well and never have
Ncvv Farm Methods Needed.
/ AS to grain farming. there is plenty
of room for scientific agriculture
Corn grows every where, DuI Ine aver aver
age is less than 10 bushels per acre,
| whereas it might be as much as In
the best parts Of the states 4her5 -, ~
/ a big local demand for corn me
us sheIled out by hand. Still 1t is the
STABLE food Of two-thirds of the people,
land the price for a number Of years
past has been double that of the United
States. 1t is the same with wheat.
Mexico not raising near enough OF
ieither grain to feed her own people
! THE methods of wheat growing are
/ exceedingly crude. On the smalieE
farms the grain is cut by hand, and IN
I some places thrashed out by driving
oxen over il. In the state Of sonora
every locality has its thrashing pits
These are about 80 or 40 feet in diane
Tier and one or two feet deep Ihe
bottoms Of such pits are pounded
smooth and treated so that they are as
hard as if covered with concrete The
| wheat is thrown into the pit and the
grain trodden out by the feet of horses
! or donkevs The wheat is then cleaned
by throwing it against the wind, wnich
blows away the chaff. the wheat fall-
ing on a sheet or blanket. on the
llarger haciendas modern machinery is
fused. and there are some which nave
steam thrashers and steam ploWs.
Tropical Agriculture.
| The tropics of Mexico seem 70 De
especfallv attractive to Americans
There are extensive tracts on the east
ern and western sides Of the country
rising from the seacOast to the noun
tafng which have every climate known