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Italians, 5000 French and perhaps an
equal number of Cubans.
The Spaniards, who rank second in num-
Der to the Americans, control the grocery
and grain trade of the republic. They are
also largely professional men and they act
as clerks, bookkeepers and farmers The
French have the wholesale and retail dry
goods stores, and they own most of the
cotton mills having in that industry alone
something like S2O,OOOOOO. They have put
The Germans control the hardware stores
and they have many plantations. The
English have some large mines, big in
vestments in timber and farms. a large
part of the Oil business and many tram
ways and electric light plants. There are
many British sales agents in Mexico, rep
resenting English importing houses.
Our mighty investments give some idea
of what our people are doing south Of
the Rio Grande river. A great number
of those who have investments are on
the ground to take care of them. There
are hundreds of American miners and
scores of American civil, electrical and
mining engineers. There are American
American coffee planters and many fruit
raisers. There are 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 territory and caring
for the petroleum. Every large city has
it's American colony and you can find an
American boarding house, usually run
by an American woman, in every i'm
portant town. There are a number of
such at the capital. and they are usual
ly better 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brakemen have been replaced by natives.
There are many American professional
men and especially doctors and dentists.
am told there are two American ply
sicians at the capital who have prac-
tees worth $4,000 a year, and I know
of numerous dentists 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 far back as ten years ago our con-
sui general to Mexico City estimated
that there were, 1000 American COM
panies and capitalists who had invest
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tary to Joseph w. Bailey OF Texas, at
that time q member Of the House. and
serving his second term. A good many
secretaries have come and gone since
that time but these three have been wit
nesses and participants in what has
made congressional history In the inter.
veningS time.
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PECULIAR TASKS OF SECRETARIES


of trouble at West Point and Annapolis
investigating cases Of trouble in the civil
service or pension cases at the pension
bureau, which are in class by them
selves, helping to start forest plantations
or other agricultural ventures are daily
incidents of a congressman s office. The
letter writing varies in amount according
to the congressman, some members con-
sidering that the sending Of great guam
titles of seeds and such publications as
the Agricultural Yearbook is valueless,
unless personal letter accompanies such
sending.
There are members who will acknowl-
edge petition for rural delivery to every
secretaries have found such an acknowl-
edgment framed and posted in a con-
spicuous place in the constituents house
with considerable pride in letter from
the congressman"
X x
There was pleasing picture of the in
innate relations between some congress
men and their secretaries in the me-
mortal address which Asher c. Kinds of
Maine made in the House on the occa-
sion of the death Of Amos L. Allen. who
has been Speaker Reeds secretary. Mr..
Allen and the famous Speaker were in
college together and at all times firm
tary after number Of years, and some
old-time acquaintance would come into
the Speakers little room off the House
floor, the faithful secretary would lay
aside the pen and Bowdoin College and
the days of 1850 would have the floor.
The oldest secretary in service about
the Capitol is Addison T. Smith, who has
been a secretary to the senators from
Idaho, beginning with Senator Shoup in
1891, and ending with Senator Hepburn,
and whose long experience in that con-
nection was recognized In his election as
one Of the representatives from Idaho
last fall. There IL one other instance OF
a senator's secretary being promoted to
the House OF Representatives In the case
Of Albert r. Dawson. who was Senator
Allison's secretary for six years.
Almost at the same time that Mr..
Smith became secretary. Miles Taylor
was entering the field. and he has Deem
from Montana and other western states
Until 1893 such secretaries a. there were
in Washington were designated as com.
mittee clerks, and members without
chairmanships went without clerks. but
in 1893 paid secretairse were authorized
fer all members. and in that summer
about 800 young men came to the House
and eighty to the Senate. Or that crop
there are three now In the service at the
Capitol-Waliace Bassford. secretary to
Speaker Champ Clark; Robert Bowman,
who arrived here with Senator Walthall
Of. Mississippi, and IL now with Senator
John Sharp williams Of that state. and
w. 3. Jaynes. who was appointed secre.
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it suddenly dawned on him the writer
was bothered with the interchangeable
little burrowers.
The schoolboys offer some hard nuts
to crack. One of them from Pennsylva-
mia desired to know the weight OF the
MOON and in this the Naval Observatory
was able to help out
Requests vary, according to the nature
Of the country. Districts near the coast
and navigable rivers like to get the coast
charts, and the farming districts have
opposite needs, SO that lively exchange
has sprung up among the secretaries IN
documents that are limited In quantity:
The request for finely bred bees started
a fiourishing business at the Department
of Agriculture recently, the bees being
shipped In a gauze-covered small box
under label identifying them as public
documents.
II one wants a good picture of de-
parted public man. the bureau of en-
craving and printing may be able TO
help out with an impression from an en-
craving which has appeared on the ma
uonal currency.
d 4
The secretary, in lieu Of the congress
man. is often personal. agent on COM
missions requiring tactf4l handling such
as the investigation OF business firms or
enterprises with headquarters in Wash
ington, about which a constituent may
desire information. When an old soldier
died at Providence Hospital several
years ago. leaving daughter In north
ern state who was without means to
provide q funeral. 1t was the secretary
to the congressman who made arrange
ments for burial at Arlington cemetery.
In line with his duty Of comforting the
afiiicted. a secretary at times must sup
press personal predictions and cross
the river to st. Elizabeths and bring
such cheer as he can to some inmate.
about whom a constituent has written.
The list Of personal errands must in
clude mention of the runaway boys whom
a congressman will sometimes have to
hunt out and start on their way home.
and sometimes grown-up waits come
around on the touch"
A colored preacher who appeared at
the ONCE OF a Massachusetts congress
man announced in substance. though
with some rhetorical flourish:
Il am on my way home from Tuskegee,
where / have taken helpmeet for bet
ter or worse. and now md myself ia q
dilemma"
IT see." said the congressman, dryly.
What may be the amount OF the d.
lemma?' and he sent the colored brother
on his way rejoicing.
OF the variety of requests from home a
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back by the unsettled conditions, but
when peace and stability come 1T will
pour in again, and this proportion, al
ready two-fifths. will rapidly increase
to the point where considering Mexico
as a capitalized stock proposition, Uncle
Sam will own by far the majority of
all the stock Of the company. ! leave
the question as to how far this will
ultimately control the politics and gov
eminent Of Mexico to President Wilson
and his Congress and to the editorial
writer.
It is interesting to know where the
American money is and how our invest
ments compare with those Of other ma
tons. The following is based upon the
figures given by Consul Letcher. Accord
ing to his statement, we own more tnan
half OF the railroad securities Our rail-
way stocks and bonds have combined
value of O,OOO, 600. while the Mexicans,
in round numbers, have invested therein
only S137, 100000 and the English sl6S'-
COO ZOO.
AS to the stock in the Mexican banks
and bank deposits. we have about $780,
OO0, 1000 to Mexico's $192. 100000. and in all
the investments the French lead us as
far as bank stock alone is concerned
They have an equal amount OF stock
with the Mexicans. the great surplus OF
the latter being in bank deposits only,
which amount to about 1852 100000
Taking next the item OF mines. the
Mexicans are pikers compared to the
Americans Their investments in their
own country amount to only T.5OO.OOO.
while ours are equal to $223. 100000, an
amount which more than equals three
fourths of all the mineral properties in
Mexico. We have over two-thirds of the
smelling investments, more than half o.
the petroleum properties and many mil
lions in lands. factories and other indus
tries.
In timber lands, ranches and farms we
have $12OO0.O00 to Mexico's $66 000, 600.
while in cattle and other live stock their
investments are more than five times
ours The Mexicans have large hold
ings in houses and personal prop
erty; they do the bulk of the retail busi-
ness, and they have $75.O00,O0O invested
in various institutions which are public
or national. They own also the hotels
and theaters. the most OF the breweries
and about half the insurance investments.
although we have twice as much Of the
latter as they.
Americans have 100000 invested in
timber lands 100000 in live stock. over
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MEXICO CITY.
OES Uncle Sam
own Mexico?
The question is
startling. But it
is one which the
fingers of destiny
are writing in
letters of gold
upon the sky of
the financial uni
verse. The an
swer is:
mo, not now,
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OF the variety of requests from home a
southern boy related one at a gathering
OF secretaries, which ran: Send some
rum and hams. the fences down this here
way need mending."
Getting boys out Of the army, or out
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PUt tue tlIuc WAch hC Will o"h - -
already in sight"
This is a foregone conclusion. and it
is independent of peace or of war, as
the. following figures will show. We
may not fiaunt our title in the face of
the world, and We may keep our con-
trolling partnership silent. But the
facts are that We already own two
fifths Of all the wealth of this country,
and that it is question whether our
possessions are not already greater
than those Of the Mexicans themselves.
l have before me a table of financial
statistics which was transmitted only
last July to our government at Wash
ington by Consul Marion Letcher of
chihuahua. This gives an itemized
balance sheet Of the wealth of Mexico.
according to the nationality of the
owners. Consul Letcher states that his
figures are those of a mining engineer
OF long experience in the Mexican re-
pu bile, and that they are based upon
and state governments and upon the
directories and reports of business
houses and factories, of mines and
smelters and of the various other in
dustrial companies, banks and finan-
cial institutions.
In this estimate Consul Letcher puts
the aggregate wealth of Mexico at a
little under $4,000, 600 900, and he shows
just how the money is divided. c1assi-
tying the investments as Mexican and
as American. English, French and other
foreign ownerships. OF the $2,50O.000,00O
he gives more than $1,000. 100000 as
owned by Americans, and less than
$500, 600 900 as owned by the Mexicans.
He puts the possessions of the English
at 1921, 900. 900. of the French at $143.-
coo, 900 and Of all other nations at a
little more than $4,000. 900.
Just before the present revolutionary
troubles began American money was
rolling In here by the tens of millions
month. The flood is now damned
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Low Mexican Properties
l ! Are Divided and How
the Americans Own More
Than the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ownership as Regards Rail
ways, Industrials, Lands and
Mines-Americans in Mexico
and What They Are Doing
-Gringoes Versus Greasers
-Unpopularity of Ameri-
cans Big Capitalizations
Which Pay Big Money
Companies Which Own
Towns and Other Companies
Which the Small Man Should
Beware Of.
Copyrighted, 1918, by Frank 6. Carpenter,
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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AFRICANS Have HuNDRfDs OF MILLIONS In FEx1cAN
RAILROADS THIS SHOWS Tie STATION AT QUERETARo

100000 in factories and little more
than 100000 in wholesale and retail
stores. Our oil investments are put down
at $15,O0O.OO0 and our rubber industries
at the same amount.
Adding the various items. the grand
total Of American ownership equals the
enormous sum Of 81 ,O57, 10000. This is
Consul Letcher's estimate. According to
= the figures given by Sir Edmund Walk
er, president of the Canadian Bank Of
Commerce, at an annual meeting of that
bank, regarding its Mexican branch, our
possessions are equal to one thousand
millions, of which 35 per cent are in rail-
ways, As per cent in mines and the bal
ance in other industries. Sir Edmund
Walker estimates the British investments
at 500. 100000 and the French. German,
Belgian, Dutch and Spanish at less than
half that.
1 have met other men here who say
that this American estimate is too low,
and that the property our citizens own is
nearer a billion and q half than one bill
lion, and I have talked with some men
who put the total at less than one bill
lion. In speaking Of Consul Letcher's
figures, Mr.. C. r. Hudson. the vice pres-
dent of the National Railways of Mexico,
thinks the railway estimate should be
stocks and bonds OF Mexican railways
are held in Europe. He says the inn
preston as to their American ownership
comes largely from the fact that they
were plaCcO there ny NSW 4OI n UduhSiS,
and therefore credited as American in
vestments. He also thinks that the esti-
mate as to American ranches and farms
is too low 1t should be something like
$4,000. 600 rather than little more than
$4,000, COO and also that the item Of mine
ownership is probably a little too high.
There IL no doubt, however, but that our
holdings in Mexico are enormous, and
that they will continue to increase so
rapidly as to make 1t imperative that the
present state of brigandage and revolu-
ton must be done away with.
X y
AS to just how many foreigners there
are now living in the Mexican republic.
the number has materially decreased since
the revolution began, several years ago.
It then numbered in the neighborhood of
100000. Of which it is estimated there
were from 10000 to 10000 Americans.
about 10000 spaniards and perhaps about
5000 each Of British and Germans. This
might now be cut down to one-half the
above figures. There are at present here
something like 10000 Guatemalans, 5000
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NE side of the ca
reer Of a senator
or rep resentative
of which the pub
lie ordinarily sees
little is the work
performed behind
the scenes by the
corps of secretaries
on Capitol hill.
There are a thou
sand and one er-
rands to run for a
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statesmans constituents, visitors to en-
fertain and in campaign times much de-
tail of political work to be looked out for
Perhaps no small part of the duties of
a great many secretaries is attending to
the visitors in the city, arranging board
ing places, showing them about the Capt.
tol or Congressional Library and direct
ing them to the most interesting places
in the city. With the arrival Of spring
and the excursions OF high school stu
dents and teachers during the recess it
is usually the secretary who pilots them
through a reception at the White House
frequent errand to the Presidents
Offices also Is the securing of the Presi-
self
AS far as office work of the secretary
goes a matter Of first Importance is
reading the home papers for correc-
tions in the mailing lists and for sug-
sestfons as to ways In which the con-
gresham may be useful. as for in
being held In some town. for which
coilection OF poultry bulletins can be
sent Digging out answers to the
queries In the daily letters is often in
teresting work.
How, for instance. would one go
ABOUT removing the barriers to ship
circus TO Panama? Yet this was one
problem a secretary was set to unravel.
Here Is young man Of philanthropic
tendencies who writes to know what
investigation the government has made
OF the problem of housing working peo-
pie. as he has 1T in mind to build some
such houses. 4 patriotic society wants
photographs OF the monuments to
Washington. and the secretary who
knows his business will seek out Su-
perintendent Elliott Woods photogra-
pher and find what he has on hand.
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Some other historical or genealogical
society wants data on some early con-
nection who fought in the revolution
airy war, and this involves a search i'm
the loft Of the pension Office for such
facts as the old records disclose. A
western senator's secretary was puzzled
by the request OF . constituent for an
exterminator for prairie gods" until
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Copyrighted. 1918, by Frank q. Carpenter,
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
The Ordway new era., 1913-11-28
RULES AND REGULATIONS

paper will which
be voted free for any lady contestant.
less than 80 days. Closing of contest will be
closing The right date of
closing reserved if sufficient should
The shall which will be announced later 10
days closing contest judges will carefully lock seal the
ballot take where the will be place where voting
locked vault night until close
when the will take charge and count and
the young ladies winning in their turn.
The last days voting be sealed box at the
whom voting for,
for subscriptions together with sealed
which will furnished and ballot box This
win give everyone fair and square DEAL
The Ordway new era., 1913-11-28

l. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS piano and popular ladies voting
contest and honestly business principles
strictly fairness all concerned With the above pr
ciples, will be assured success.
PRIZES-The capital prize will be Obermeyer Sons
valuable prizes the amount OF dollars whch
area announced herewith.
ladies this and adjoining towns are
receiving largest number
votes Sons piano and
other accordance with the contestants
standing 1t final count.
TIE voTESShoud any the contestants tie in votes,
Music will award similar prize according TO
standing at final
The Ordway new era., 1913-11-28

g. VOTES CLAssED issued in the following de-
New aubscrptons 600 votes observation-disclosures so
than 600 votes 80
subscriptions, 400 votes 6o
INSTRUCTIONS standing of votes will be
less than regular of
with this will
candidate this work
Votes after being cannot be
before the ballot
anyone positively not information
shall be in possession of the
awarding committee during the contest.
The Ordway new era., 1913-11-28

Most of the ner-
chants of Ordway have
joined the New Era in
this contest and are Of
fering valuable prizes
IN connection. with it.
Read their advertise
nents and get coupons.
The Ordway new era., 1913-11-28
New o The New Era Received Between
and January 1, Will be Dated lst 1915.
FOUR WEEKS FREE!

This Oberneyer &
Sons grand piano is Of
fered as the capital prize
IN this contest. 1t is
valued at $4,000 and
is on display at Mar
tins drug store. Is it
worth working forP
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-08
PRIZE BEAUTY
LAUDS HAWAII

II am surely coming back to Hawaii,
for MS the most beautiful place ever
saw and | never dreamed Of such hos
pitaIty, said Miss Mae Josephine
Bennett. the prettcst girl in San
F." ncisco". today.
Miss Bennett is very busy young
lady during the five days she has to
spend in Honolulu Yesterday. for
instance, she was the guest on a mo-
t0r-ride to various plantations, visit
ing Ai"a and seeing how Hawaii S
principal product is made, and being
covered with flowers at MOanalua
THIS afternoon she is going to have a
taste of Waikiki beach bathing and ca
no6ing in the surf. Duke kahanamo-
ku, Hawaii's champion swimmer. will
guide her in the Outrigger canoe.
Miss Bennett says she is enjoy ms
her stay here th0rou 1hI" and VII tic
VCly sorry indeed when the tine
comes for her to leave
MY trip here was entirely unex-
pccted, and have hardly walked up
to the reality of it yet she said.
But do know that this is the most
beautiful spot | ever saw and only
wish that all those who were in the
contest Gould have the same oppJr-
tuulty as IFhave."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-08
DELINQUENT MEMBERS
MUST PAY THEIR DUES

Members of the Outrigger Club. who
do not pay their dues for the coming
year within the week are liable to
have their lockers confiscated and
given over to members who are now
on the waiting list This statement
was given out by the Public Service
Association this morning, which is
now engaged in collecting the dues
for the club, D
Some of the members of the club.
still hayeIthe idea that they have until
the end Of January in which to pay
their dues for 1913. This, however, Is
not the fact, as the dues become pay
able on January l.. The annual meet
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Extend u. S. Act.
zine United States Reclamation Act
should be extended to Hawaii, At
present the best lands for homestead
ing are for the most part scattered in
small areas, but there are several
large areas that might be made avail
able for this purpose by irrigation and
thus make possibly the settlement OF
Americans in colonies of sufficient
size to induce them to come in larger
numbers.
THE creation of park to include
the largest active volcano, kileau, and
its neighboring extinct craters, and
other objects of interest, and the oc-
casionally active volcano, Mauna Loa,
is matter of national Importance
This has been recommended by the
territorial Legislature The desirable
ity Of this was pointed out more fully
in my last. report, which also contain
ed maps Of the proposed park. " !.
appropriations should be made for
continuing work upon the harbors of
Honolulu, Hilo, and Kahuldi, on the
islands of Oahu, Hawaii and Maui re-
srectively and beginning work on the.
harbor of Nawiliwili, on the island of
Kauai. -. ~~~@
AN appropriation should be made
for a lighthouse depot at Honolulu.
An appropriation should be made
for filling the remainder of the Fort
De Russy Military Reservation at Ho-
1fo1uIu, in of'Ffef to supplement-, for
public health purposes, the filling in
OF other large tracts of lowlands by
the territory and private owners.
1.-THE federal quarantine station at
Hilo should be, made a first-elass one
i'm view of the increasing commerce OF
that port and the approaching COM
Fiction of the Panama Canal"