El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-05

, about half the size Of Connecticut, 80
persons or families own all the land,
and this Notwithstanding the popula-
ton is almost 200, 0O0. In the territory
OF Topic, which has over 100 inhab-
itants, the country is practically owned
by 81 families, and IN Tamallpas
lives Manuel Gonzales, who owns three
and one-half million acres, or an area
which is almost tWO-thirds as big as
MaSSac huSettS- Nevertheless. Con
Zales cultivates only one acre in every
zoo and his vast horde Of poems do not
own the land upon which their rude
homes are built.
Some Big Tropical Farms.
The state Of Vera Cruz is largely
made Up of tropical lOwlands, and its
properties are about the most sub
ertheless there are many landhOlders
there possessing from 10000 to 10000
acres each, and man named Braniff,
VINO is OF British and Spanish de-
scent has $4,000 acres planted to wheat
and many suare miles devoted to cattle.
he has 30 acres Of lawn in his home
grounds and he lives like a lord His
hacienda employs 1870 men, and 1t
takes a population OF more than 5000
to care for it Ten thousand cattle
feed upon its pastures, and among
them are some of the best animals
which fight in the bulIring at Mexico
City This plantation has large irri-
gated areas, and its owner has erected
dams and canals at a cost Of hundreds
ton has railroads upon il and a flour
mill worked by electricity.
In 1ucatan there are also large eS-
tates, some OF them exceedingly profit
able, owing to the cultivation of hemp.
The same large holdings might be cited
IN other parts of the republic, but this
viii show you how the lands are tied
up and kept out Of the hands of the
people who would cultivate them
EXtraVagances OF the Rich
These hacendadOs, as the pIutOcrat
landholders are called, have money be-
ycnd the dreams Of avarice They
usually live magnificently upon their
estates, but just now, while the rebels
and bandits are moving about over
Mexico, large number Of them have
come here 20 the capital, while others
nave left for Madrid and Paris In
some cases the fighting is going on
upon their haciendaS and they want
their families to be away from the
Danger Of mobs. On this account, not
a feW OF them have rented or bought
houses here, and for the past two
years have kept off their farms
II IS on some Of the biggest estates
that most of the fighting goes on
Take that of Terrazas The rebels of
Chihuahua have torn up the railroads
and the Mexican Central line which
goes south from FL Paso, has been long
out OF running. The trouble there has /
largely come through Terrazas himself !
VINO IS said to be as autocratic as the
car Of Russia He is now an old man,
Jul ms SOuS Eules ana II Is they who 4
are trying to protect the property.
Don Luis Terrazns.
have heard a great deal about the /
IerrazaS family since / came here
Outside the land the old man owns i
the most of the public utilities of his I
Eeighborhood and he also loans money /
a high rates Of interest. He controls /
the banks and his income is enormous,
de lives like a lord and entertains ]
royalty on his great hacienda He can
house 100 guests at a time, and he /
Keeps up an establishment Of servants J
fit for a king Some time ago he
asked the, archbishop of the roman /
Catholic church to dedicate new
house Of worship on one Of his ranches.
The holy father came with a great /
corps of guests and Don Luis kept !
them for more than three weeks, max