The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-02
YANKEES BUYING UP MEXICO ON THE
 |NSTALLMENT Pl AN

MEXICO CITY Does Uncle San own Mexico? The question is start ling, Bu, il Is one which the finger. of destiny are writing in letters o gold upon the sky of the financia universe The answer is.
 No. not now. but the time wher he will own il k already in sight"
 This is foregone conclusion. ant il is independent of peace or of war as he following figures vii show Yankees may not Haunt their title in the face Of the world. and the! may keep their controlling partner ship silent But the facts are tha' they already own two-fifths of all the wealth of this country. and that il is question whether their possessions are not already greater than those oi the Mexicans themselves.
 have before me table Of finan cial statistics which was transmitted only last July to the United States government by Consul Marion Letch er of Chihuahua. This gives an item iZed balance sheet of the wealth nt Mexico. according to the nationality Of the owners. Consul Letcher states that his figures are those of a min ing engineer of long experience in the Mexican republic and that they are based upon the reports of the Mexican national and state govern. ments and upon the directories and reports of business houses and factor ies. mines and smelters and of the various other industrial companies banks and financial institutions.
 In this estimate Consul I.etcher puts the aggregate wealth of Mexico at a little under s2.500,000. .oC0, and he shows just how the money is divided classifying the investments as Mex. French and other foreign ownersips Of the S2.5o0 000, ,000, he gives more than sl .00C .000000 as owned by Americans. and less than $500. .o00.- O00 as owned by Mexicans He puts the possessions of the English at $321 900. 00G. of the French at s143, GOO, GOO and of all other nations at a little more than s11S,000.000
 Just before the present revolution ary troubles began American money was rolling in here by the tens of millions a month The flood is now damned back by the unsettled con ditions, but when peace ani stability come 1t will pour in again, and this proportion. already two-fifths, will rapidly increase to the point where, considering Mexico as 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 ulti- mately control the politics and gov. ernment of Mexico to President Will son and his congress and 10 the edi- torial writer
 It is interesting to know where the American money is and how the in vestments compare with those of oth' CT nations The following is based upon the figures given by Consul Letcher. According to his statement. Yankees own more than half the railroad securities, Their railroad stocks and bonds have a combined value of $640,O00, 900. while the Mex leans, in round numbers. have invest, ed. therein only $137 .OO0,000 and the English s16s s.oO0.O0O.
 AS to the stock in the Mexican banks and bank deposits. they have about $3O,000,O0 to Mexico's $l92 GOO 900. and in all the investments the French lead as far as bank stock alone Is concerned They have an equal amount of stock with the Mex leans. the greater surplus of the latter being in bank deposits only which amount to about sl62, 100000.
 Taking next the item of mines. the Mexicans are pikers compared to the Americans. Their investments in their own country amount to only $7,50O.' GOO. while the Americans are equal to $223 900 ,O0O, an amount which more than equals three-fourths of all the mineral properties In Mexico. They have over two-thirds of the smelling investments, more than half of the petroleum properties and many mil lions in lands, factories and other in dustries.
 In timber lands, ranches and farms Americans have $12.OO0.OOO to Mexi co.'s $66,00O.000. while in cattle and live stock their investments are more than five times greater. The Mexican: have large holdings in houses ant personal property: they do the bull of the retail business. and they have SIS, ,000, 900 invested in various insti tutions which are public or national They own also the hotels and theaters the most of the breweries and hal the insurance investments. although the Yankees have twice as much o