The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-03

otFSN AWAY az u ICW OGiltS
Per Acre.
tCorycisht. 1913. by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
MEXICO CITY.
Many If n plans which were orig
iaa,ed by President Madero . have
been adopted by his successor. This
L. especially SO as to the new move
ments for building up Mexico. The
Department Of Public Works and that
Of Agriculture are being carried on
along the same lines. and the gradual
Subdivision of the lands and the Civ
inc them back to the people has
been pat forth as one OF the policies
IF the Huerta administration.
Lands ~ n Few Cents an Acre.
\ short time before President Ma
der" was kllAHd | called at the De-
partment OF Public Works and had
a hong talk With Senior Rafael Her
nandcZ. whA was then a member Of
the cabinet. He is a relative. by mar
riage. Of tho MaderO family, is a man
at great ability and has had largely
4" do with the OriginatiOn of the
movements here as to the public and
other lands. When 1. called upon
80 49, N L0I " III re-
Clamation of sue lands which had
been coded by Mexico to certain for
eisners. who had not complied with
their concessions. Said he:
Mexico has awarded tens of mil
Hons OF acres Of excellent land to
outsiders at a few cents per acre. We
have given concessions to companies
ana private parties to survey our
public. lands and to look into the
rights or the squatters- In some cases
'he reward for this trouble has been
"ne-third of the waste lands. This
work has extended over a number Of
states. and in connection with it, the
rue To millions Of acres has passed
IRON the government. AS a cOnsid-
era,ion Tor surveying 5000, 900 acres
a'as passed from the government. AS
u consideration for surveying $780,
20" acres in Lower California, one
an,erlcan company got the title to 81
ooo'ooO acres and it had also the
a'sh' to buy the remaining 5000, 900
"ctes at a cost of about 2 cents gold
yer acre. payable on time without
interest. That company now owns
.omethins like 1000, 900 acres. which
- h.ted for colonization. It's lands
"e some of the best in Mexico. They
are already worth a vast sum-, and
.neir value will be increased by the
toIhpletlon of the Panama canal, af-
- which the lands will probably
DE colonized.
otner concessions of great value
NV neen granted in other localities"
hernandez continued, land SO
,'uch or our best lands have been
,o",' what we are doing. however,
81" go over the concessions and see
"hetner the concesSionaireS have
,vv'piieu with the terms upon which
.ncy took over the lands. If they
.aNe not done so, we are able to get
~ lands back. and we are doing so.
80 nave already been able to re-
."ser twenty-five of thirty million
tires. and we shall probably get back
as much more. This will make some
.ias IKE sixty million acres, or con-
ueraoiy more than two States the
~ VI New York or Pennsylvania"
.'ut that must relate only to the
~ forfeited by companies which
- h"t carried out their part of the
80, ,es' replied Senior Hernandez.
- only where the companies have
~. carried out their contracts. Where
,ay nave complied with the laws and
as,'a,ions their property is as safe
ana vouAd be anywhere in the world,
w We would not have it otherwise.
tr are ready to stand by our con-
haa - although they may have been
M, ones, az the time they were
a., MILLIONS in Chewing Gum.
s,1a -" about other concessions put
ea s"ahy concessions have been grant
err, Utmost nothing covering prop
nae To the government. senior Her
chio1e SAID. Take, for instance,
wor,. the chewing gum which is now
ed S.'s the jaws Of millions Of Unit
'ts citizens. That COMES from