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

ment stipulated in them fails. ME-
n buys real estate at home. he al
ways looks into the title. and the same.
should be done in any foreign specu-
iation, Ind especially when the title
comes from a foreigner.
The Of the United States.
On the other hand. Mexico is DOW
10 take the part OF our great West
II Is to be the frontier Of the United
States, and with settled conditions tho
big estates will gradually be divided
Many OF them will go into the hands
or bona hide development companies
and will be accessible to American set
tiers. such will be the Mexican part
OF the Imperial valley which IS to have
its share Of the waters Of the Colo
RADIO river for irrigation. The lands |
there are as rich as the valley Of the |
Nile and quite equal to those nav be |
ing worked in the United States.
There are also large tracts Of low
lands near the coast, which will he
! opened to the growing of coffee and
bananas and other tropical fruits, and
there are already somep roftable
tropical estates operated by American
syndicates. just before the revolt
tionary troubles began. American
planters were coming in by the hun
dreds, and settling the coast lands
near the Caribbean sea. Many had
holdings near Tampico. others had
bought timber lands farther south.
some were prospecting for petroleum
and some were looking up rubber in
veStments.
say there were many Of these in
VeStOrS. The term IS only
lively. The permanent American
residents Of Mexico at that time were
not more than 40. 900. which is a sman
number compared with the total
population here, which is about six
teen millions. Today thousands of
these Americans have left. Others
have stayed and sent their families
home, and still others have given up
in despair on account Of the unset
tied conditions. Indeed, / doubt that
there are more than fifteen or twenty
thousand Americans living in Mexico
today.
Chances for Young Men.
There is no opportunity for a young
man here without capital, and it seems
to me there will he but little for a
t long time to come. The common la
Dor is done by the Indian. who works
, for one-third or one-ffth. what the
i. ordinary day labOrer Of the United
States receives, and the wages OF me
, chanics are not one-third o. OF
: the United States There are nc
: chances for clerks or petty book
keepers. There are many young Mexi-
Y cans who can keep books, and the,
S can sell goods as we'll as we can, and
will do it at one-third our wages.
r 1t is only skilled labor and Tecia
ability that command high prices.
: refer to such professions as engineer
ing and those of the electrical ant
mand, and If they can speak Spanisf
Y they can find plenty to do.
Big Money for Dentists.
e AS to professional men, Mexico ha
II its own doctors and lawyers. 1t ha
is a smattering of native dentists. VIII,
a aro AOinO wn31 Said one If thpSA I,
( me the other day:
Il made $4,000 the first year / cam
here, and my receipts now are abou
" a thousand dollars q month. | ca
re can charge bigger prices than at home
le and l have gotten as much as O hun
j. dred dollars for q full set Of teet1
D. upon rubber. Whenever 1 administe
IS gas charge $40 for pulling q tooth
ID although when I yank out half
le dozen, I reduce that rate to IS 70
a. each tooth after h frst. In goa
IN filings my prices are IS and up
ward, according to the size OF tn
ae cavity, and b bank account OF tn
D. man who has his teeth filled. l 81
az big money for ~bridgewOrk, and | hay
rs made $500 and upward cut OF a sir
he gle mouth"
I'd This dentist spoke Spanish and b
al had picked up the language att
a. coming to Mexico.
We A knowledge OF Spanish Necessary
en- As a rule it - almost impossible
get along here with nothing but EN-
10 lish, and contrary to the general D.
re lief. the Spanish language is not "a:
to learn. One can pick up a smattes
ing within 4 few months, but to 6
,e, q good working knowledge. it r
is ouires a year or SO OF hard stud
yes There are some professions in Whif
one must have Spanish TO enter. 4h
is 50 of the physician. who cam
issue q death certificate without I
ers has q government diploma. and Of Il
n attorney. who a to pass a regul
,as government examination. 1t {
20 american would act as q ~prescriptis
he clerk IN a drug SN0fe, ne "aSt IA
Dol q diploma from the Aexcaa aatnS'
ess ties, and. as to school teachers. tn
can do nothing here Uithou undo
tad sanding and being able to read ~
,an write Spanish. There are openings t
re- good American stenograpaers who c;
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