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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12
at ChapUltepec is also very beautiful
Financial Mexico.


As far as much-needed funds are
concerned, the new loan which Mexico
has renectnly gotten viii put the ad-
mlnlstraulon on easy street for some
time TO come. When Huerta came
into power the treasury was practically
empty, owing to the extraordinary eX-
penSeS OF MaderO and the necessities
Of war. I am told that the country is
in a much better condition financially
than is generally supposed.
Mexico has been producing a large
Quantity OF silver and copper and her
exports for 1912 exceeded those for
1910 and 1911 by 1900, 600 pesos Dur
ing every one of the five past turbu-
lent years there has been a surplus of
ordinary revenues over the ordinary
disbursements. In 1907 and 1905 this
amounted TO more than S1S.OO0,O0O. In
1903 II was more than $4,000. 600, and
in 1911 1t exceeded $40, 600. 900. In 1912
the revenues were more than sos, 000.-
AS to her national debt. Mexico has
not only been paying the interest every
year, but she has been cutting down
the principal. In 1911 and 1912 this cut
amounted TO almost $4,000. 900. and that
Notwithstanding the abnormal cOadi-
uCns which then prevailed. The re-
sources of the country are such that
there is no doubt but that it can re-
deem all its ObligatiOnS if q stable
government can be secured. and as soon
as the country is quiet the bonds and
Stocks now on the market will rise
The total amount of the foreign debt
is something like $4,000. 600. and this
viii probably be added to bv the dam
ages demanded on account. of the out
RACES of the recent revolutions.
Mexican Trade.
had a talk with one of the lead
ing finaucierS as to Mexican trade
with the United States and its posi-
BILE increase through our tariff rcduc-
ton. This man says that the new tar
III VIII send many Mexican articles
II a tn Ia
United States Said he:
our foreign commerce has been
steadily increasing, and within 10
years we Will double our exports
This is especially so as to our trade
with your country. We sold YOU
so, OuO,ouO worth of goods in 1912
and our total exports that year were
S29N,OOO,000. So YOU see YOU now take
the most of what we sell You viii
take even more in the future
W nat are the chances for American
capital / asked
AS soon as matters become settled
and they are bound TO become settled
within short time-the opportunities
1or successful Investment viii be very
great 1t Is not % years since your
people began TO send large sums to
Mexico, and you now have investments
amounting 10 many, many millions of
dollars. You have large interests in all
OF our industrial undertakings You
own the most OF our mines and euor-
nous quantities of land. The right 10
acquire land is unlimited and there
are extensive tracts awaiting the Capl-
tallst / believe that the large estates
Will soon nave TO be divided. They viii
be laid out i'm small holdings and viii
be sold on advantageous terms
IueFe are many opportunities here
atonE hahuIaeturlnS lines this man
continued Mexico needs many aru-
cles which she does not produce and
which could be protected by the tariff
Our cotton mills are making great
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

strides, and at no distant date we shall
be exporting cotton cloth. We are now
producing all the sugar we need and we
have a surplus for expectation. There
is no reason why we should not make
our own iron and steel, and I expect
that the steel industry viii be one of
our big businesses of the future"
How about your minesr'
Mining is one OF our largest bust
nesses, and it is only at its beginning
W e nave vast tracts of uudeVelOpeu
territory and our mines are steadily
increasing IN lumber and output our
production of silver last year was the
largest 10 date II was worth SSs,OOO,-
The gold production was over S4S.-
100000 and during that same year we
produced 10000 tons of copper ore and
$4,000 tons of lead Every one knows
now the petroleum product Is growing
The yield last year was more than two
and One-haH million tons, and. IL viii be
a million tons more this year All Of
our industries are receiving great i'm
petus by the use Of electricity. We
have q large number OF water powers
and these are being harnessed. and
turend to industrial account in various
ways"
In connection with electricity I want
to give you conversation I had with
Col Eduardo Hay some time ago Col
Hay is q civil engineer by profession
and he is interested in large works i'm
many parts of the republic He was
educated in the United states and he
speaks English as well as I do. In talk
ing of the possibilities of Mexico he
tells me that there are millions Of
American c>9ital awaiting quleter con-
ditiOns TO come here lie has now on
his books eighty different projects,
which ne has been asked to inyesu-
gate during the past three months
These embrace hydraulic power plants,
electric railroads and irrigation and
colonization companies. Many of them
viii be pushed as soon as the present
troubles are over.
Among other things, Col Hay said:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

too evident As a result he pays taxes
on very nearly the full value. This
has long been the grievance of the
small land owners, and they are now
among the discOntents, who are in the
saddle. They want a reorganization Of
the tax system, and they have made
themselves so felt that this question is
discussed all over Mexico
The Communal Lands
Another movement, which agitated
the chamber of deputies and which
forms the text of many stump speeches.,
is the restoration of the communal
lands to whom they formerly belonged
About so or 60 years ago every town In
Mexico had certain lands surrounding
it which Were divided among the clu-
zens, and each householder had his
own little plot upon which he could
raise enough corn for his famil~ and
where he could pasture his cows.
These blocks of land with the town
in the center, were often in the heart
Of or adjoining a big estate, which
had come fOm grants given by the
kings Of Spain centuries ago. The
owners Of the estates wanted the lands
to add to their already large tracts, and
so during the administration of presi-
dent Juarez they succeeded in abolish
ing the communal system and passing
4 law to divide up the lands among
the people Of the village. These people
were mostly poems or indians, so simple
that they sold out for practically moth
ing. The owners of the large estates
were ready TO buy from them, and the
result was that the communal lands
came into the hands of these rich own
ers living nearby.
There are now hundreds Of such set
Elements in Mexico. where the sur
rounding lands have been acquired by
the rich estate owners Many of them
are not used, and their owners viii
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

Both senator's and deputies receive
salaries of $4,000 Mexican a year. This
is equal TO $1,000 gold. It is just one
fifth what our higher-paid congress
men get. The Mexican congress meets
annually in two sessions. The first is
from April ] to May 81, and the sec
end is from September Is TO December
Is. a permanent committee of both
L - ---.-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF

Prevent dry, thin and falling hair, alIay
itching and irritation, and promote the
growth and beauty Of the hair, frequent
shampoos with CutiCura Soap. assisted by
occasional dressings with CudcUra ONT
ment, afford a most effective and economical
treatment Sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere. Liberal sample Of each mailed
free, with 32-p- Skin Book. Address post
card Cutcura, Dept. T. Boston
Ra-Aien who shave and shampoo with Gu
dcura Soap viii dndit best for skin and scalp.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

pimpIes which itched and burned very
badly.
Il used different remedies. also used all
kinds Of facial creams and -- on my
hands and arms and did not get any relief
until I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
/ cured my hands and eczema with Cuticura
Soap and Ointment" (Signed) Miss Fannie
8IostiIIer, Oct. 5, 1912.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

To al knowing sufferers OF rheumatism, wheth-
e. muscular or Of the joints sciatica. lumbag0s.
eacEache, pains in the kidneys or NEURALGIA
pains 20 write TO her for home treatment
which has repeatedly cured an OF these to-tures.
She feels II her duty 10 send il TO all sufferers
FhEE- You cure yourself at home as thousands
VIII testify--no change Of climate being neces-
sary- This simple discovery bauishes uric scid
from the blood, l0osens the stifened joints pur-
lies the blood and briEhtens the eyes, giving
elasticity and tone TO the whole system. If the
above interests you, for proof address
Mrs III. Summers, Box 2, Eotre Dame, Ind.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

cut with a knife and my hands
were so sore 1 could hardly
bear to put them in water
and could hardly use them.
When 1 used them the blood
would run out. They would
heal a little and then they
would get worse than ever
again They were very pain
ful. The eczema got to
H-.,r-f-,r- one -, 49, .,---,,.. z.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

r EXICO CITY. July Ian this,
NJ my last letter from Mexico, /
want to give you some Of the
under currents Of public opinion which
are rapidly changing the possibilities
of this republic The man who thinks
that the troubles here are only the
struggle Of the ms and the outs is
mistaken. The people have become
aroused to the possibilities OF liberty,
and there is q strong hope that the
whole social and economic system viii
be reOr-auized. So far the republic IS
stiL in the melting pOL Tt is difficult
10 discuss parties, for parties are only
in their formation.
one reason for this Is the long auto
cratic reign of Diaz. For more than
generation he controlled the country
with an iron hand in which was held
two edged sword Every head which
rose above the average level was cut
off, and his enemies were wiped out
without regard to anything but the
success Of the administration. Diaz Of
ten said that he believed in much gov
ernment and but little politics The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12
STUDY syllable SHORTHAND.

In six or eight weeks you VIII be ready
for a good position Easy to learn.
Best Takes four times longer to learn
other systems. Our graduates now
holding best paying positions in El
PaSO Investigate Make US prove it.
Summer Rates day and night school.
Fans to keep you cool this summer
Blk, Oregon & Texas SITS Phone 56O7.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12
VERY PAINFUL
ECZEMA ON HANDS
So Sore Could Hardly Put Them in
Water, PimpIes on Arms Itched
and Burned Badly Cured by Gu
ticura Soap and Ointment,

eczema in my hands for several years. The
skin would break and look like it had been
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12
MOmentOVs Questions Agitate
Mexican People Between RevOlts
By
Frank G. Carpenter

o m aevHgI o. al n
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12
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Patriotism in Mexico

It seems to me that the Mexicans
are growing more patriotic They
are great stump speakers, and the re-
cent campaigns of the several presi-
dents have started the heads Of the
masses to working You can now hear
much talk about Mexico for the Mex
leans" and the demand for "a gov
eminent of the people. for the people,
by the people" ono the PtseO de Ia
FOrma now stands the great monument
of Independence, which was completed
two years ago. 1t is the finest of its
kind, and it has cost about twice as
much as our monument to George
Washington
The Mexican capital is fast becom-
ing a city of statues. and some of the
new public buildings are fine. I
doubt whether there is a more beauti-
full pOstoffice anywhere than that Of
Mexico City, and the federal capitol,
which has been designed for the
Pase0 de la Republica, will when COM
pleted be one of the finest structures
I'm Latin America So far only the iron
skeleton has been erected. The build
ing is TO cost s10,000,O0O. The castle
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-01-25
WILLLOWER LIVING

Not everyone realizes the exact sig
nificance of the Panama Canal from
the standpoint of shortened distance
between Atlantic and Pacific ports. It
takes considerable time for the heavy
freight steamers to 60 from New York
to the Oregon and Washington ports
around the Horn, distance of over
$4,000 miles. When the Panama Canal
is completed this distance will have
been cut down to approximately 5000
miles, thus affording a saving in time
alone of four-sevenths of the former
time. When the vast saving in ex-
pense of transportation is considered,
the full meaning of this great venture
of Uncle Sam can be realized and the
public should benefit by that saving.
In fact, it is freely predicted that the
effect of the reduction of carving
rates that will result from the opening
up of the canal will greatly affect the
high cost of living against which there
is so great an cutlery all over the coun-
try.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-01-25
His Name Meant Business Too,

1t was just before election, and he
wandered into the headquarters of his
political party in the thriving Long
Island town. He was warmly welcomed
by the local leader, who grasped his
hand and said:
Make yourself right at home, sir.
Do you know all these gentlemen This
is Mr. Scales, inspector of weights and
measures; and this is Mr.. Graves, our
local undertaken; and this is Mr.. Key,
the locksmith; and this is Mr. House,
the builder; and Mr.. Wall, the con.
tracing stone mason; and Mr.. Cutler,
the hardware merchant. And now, sir,
II you please, what may your name
be?'
"Who, mes Why, I'm Schmell, the
skunk farmer. just started a place
four miles east of here!o
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-01-25
SHERMAN ANTI TRUST LAW in OPERATION
Court Makes and Indictments Are
Returned Against Heads of Railroads

The recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court, affirming tn
indictment in the New York Fedora
Court of James Patten and his associates
for cornering the cotton market il
| 1910, is in line with an awakened ten
dency throughout the country to hold
responsible masters of high finance
who carry on their monopolistic opera
tions with impunity at the expense Of
their less fortunate neighbors. Mr.
Patten and his associates will have to
stand trial for violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law, for the decision
referred to declares that to corner in.
terstate commodities, such as clothing
and food, is, in effect, restraint of
trade. Chief Justice White and JUS
tees LurtoD and Holmes dissented
from the majority opinion.
The case is significant, in that it is
one of a chain of events that herald
the doom of the stock exchange. Dur
ing the past ten years an everincreas-
ing cry. has gone up from the Ameri-
can people for relief from the condi-
tons arising out of our financial pol
icy. A few men have amassed enor-
nous sums of money by the skillful
operation of which on the stock ex-
change they are able to control the
price of commodities. They do this
by buying up the entire supply of a
given commodity and Withholding it
from the public for short time, thus
giving the law of supply and demand
a chance to work, with the result that
the price of the commodity begins to
soar. Then they unload the goods at
the increased price and pocket the sur
plus. The consumer pays the bill.
Briefly, this is the story of Mr.. Pat
ten s manipulation. The Sherman anti
trust law has been brought to bear
against him and he will have to stand
trial. The action of the court will
have the approval OF the masses of
American people and the outcome of
the trial will be watched with interest.
The defense made the contention that
control of the supply of cotton would
have a stimulating effect upon the
market. They claimed also that there
was no intent to restrain interstate
trade. In replying to the former con-
IGNITION, Justice Vandevanter said that,
While this might be true for a while,
he corner was forbidden by the act
because it thwarted the usual opera.
ion of the laws of supply and demand
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-01-25

and the dust-laden factory remain.
Primarily, it is the child of neglect, ig-
norance, alcoholism, but, deeper than
that, the seat of the trouble lies in
"man's inhumanity to man." Vacu-
um devices are being invented that
carry off the dust of factories, legis-
lation will soon compel better condi-
tlons in the coal mines, and it is hoped
the back-to-the farm cry will soon
relieve the crowded condition of the
tenements Of the large cities. But I'M
til these conditions are relieved, The
great white plague will continue to ex-
act its toll from the ranks of the wage
Garner, whose germinfected body ex-
udes the seed of further destruction.
Gratifying as are the results of re-
cent scientific methods of treatment
of the disease, it is still significant
that the death rate among consump,
tives is about one in eight. This inn
proved ratio is due to the greater at
tention to fresh air breathing, better
ventilation in houses and the realza.
ton on the part of weak-lunged peo-
pie that the night air, far from being
injurious, is the best air to be had at
night and that cold air is not neces-
sarily injurious. Within few months
the death rate has been reduced from
one in seven to one in eight. 1t is
hoped the discovery of an effective
serum will prove indeed a reality.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-01-25

withdrew the commodity from the nor
and produced practically the same evils
as the suppression of competition. As
to the latter argument, the court said
it made no difference that there was
no allegation of specific intent to
restrain interstate trade, for "the con.
| spiratOrs must be held to have in
tended the necessary and direct con-
sequences of their acts and cannot be
heard to say to the contrary
The manipulation of necessities such
as clothing and foodstuffs is the most
far-reaching and baneful of all the
stock gambling devices. The public
pays the bill in any event, but it can
stand raise in the price of steel far
better than a raise in cotton, wool or
wheat. An increase of cent pound
in the price of cotton does not bring
a great burden upon the individual
who buys a shirt made from this cot
ton, but when it happens in a dozen
different commodities, and keeps on
happening, his pocketbook very soon
feels the drain upon it. Furthermore,
the matter of cent pound looks like
small profit to the man who makes
the raise in price, but when it is con-
sidered that this increase is upon every
pound in the country, an idea of the
profit can be had. This is the princi-
pie of gambledom and this is the
thing the American people have set
themselves to rectify.
Most conspicuous among the railroad
prosecutions of the past five years is
the indictment of Charles s. Mellen,
president of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford, and Boston & Maine Rail
roads, and Edison J. Chamberlin, presi.
dent of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada. The act of which these gen
tlemen are accused is that of unlaw.
fully agreeing "to prevent the con-
struction and completion of any of the
Grand Trunk New England extensions,
to prevent the operation of the Grand
Trunk steamship line' between New
York and Providence, "and to prevent
the transportation of persons and prop
erty in interstate and foreign com
merce over said lines of railroads and
steamships" Mr.. A. w. Smithers,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Grand Trunk, is also named in the
Indictment.
The thing that actually happened and
that shows again the immense prestige
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-01-25

| held by men of wealth, was the enter
ing into an agreement whereby New
England was sliced up and diveded
among the railroads involved, with the
understanding that each company was
to keep out of the field of the others
and all operations and constructions
under way were to be abandoned. So
it happened that bridges, cuts and
grades were left in a half finished con-
dition. Needless to say, New England
was thoroughly aroused. Providence
was torn up to make place for the
tracks of the Grand Trunk, construc-
ton being well under way. But the
railroad suddenly announced that it
had withdrawn from the field and
would not complete its line. Expected
railroad development brings extensive
building along all lines and the in
jury wrought by the sudden withdrawal
of the Grand Trunk was far reaching.
The effect of the whole arrangement
was corner of traffic to the extent
that competition was practically killed,
Hence the Indictment, which is meet
ing with approval in New England.
Another incident in connection with
the New Haven road is the announce
ment by President Mellen that the road
would sell it's steamship lines in 1914.
The Panama act is responsible for this
announcement. In this bill is pro-
vision prohibiting railroads from own
ing and operating coasting steamship
lines unless they can justify such own
ership before the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Mr.. Luther Conant, Jr.,
of corporations, in re-
cent report, gives figures to show that
the New Haven Railroad stands first
among the several roads controlling the
coast and river navigation of the coun-
try. The report says:
"In acquiring their extensive con
5rol over domestic water-c carriers. rail
roads have had in general three pur-
poses: First, to eliminate the compe-
,ition of water carriers; second. to OBJ
ain an entrance into territory not open
20 their rail lines; and, third, to secure
feeders, mainly local lines.
SIN the case of the New Haven sys.
;em all these purposes are apparent.
For some time past the New Haven
system has pursued determined policy
# suppressing any effective competi-
ion on Long Island Sound; several, at
east, of its recent acquisitions must
,e regarded as due to this policy
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-01-25
THE GREAT WHITEPLACUE
Eminent German Scientist Claims Discovery of Serum
That Will Cure Dreaded Disease

The world looked up in wonder and
breathed a sigh of relief when it was
announced some time ago that an eff.
fective serum, secured from the turtle,
which would cure all eases of tubercu-
losis except those in the last stages,
had been discovered by DIR. Frederick
Franz Friedman, German scientist.
Mr.. Friedman announced that he had
clearly demonstrated the effectiveness
OF the serum in large number of
cases and that he could supply it to
the world at comparatively nominal
fee. He said also that the supply of
the serum was unlimited and could be
furnished to every physician of the
world in any quantities desired. Tele-
grams and cables began pouring in on
DIR. Friedman, but he has as yet re-
fused to give the serum out to the
world. He gives as his reason the fear
that it may come into the hands Of
improper parties and that if he an.
nounces it's dispensation quacks and
takers will arise and announce, as they
have done in many former case, that
they possess the coveted remedy. He
fears the medical profession will suffer
from such result and is undecided
what course to pursue.
The fight against tuberculosis has
been age-long. 1t will continue just as
long as the sweatshop, the coal mine