The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-08
CARRANzA PLANS
MEX|CO'S FUTURE
Burdens to Be Carried and Prob
lens Solved When Peace
Comes.
HAS PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM
End Of Revolution But Begin
ming of His Gigantic
Task.
HAS PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM
ny GERALD BRANDON.

ment In Saltillo will be to order an ac-
curate appraisal OF all property In
Mexico" Haid Venustiano CarranZa to
me to-day. We were seated In his prl-
vate car. surrounded by members OF
his new Cabinet. and whilo the train
thurdcred past the ruins OF burned
stations and bridges that stand as
mute witnesses of the vandalism that
has desolate ted Mexico during the past
FOUR years, he granted me the Inter-
View that ! had ridden several hundred
miles oIo" mountain trails to get.
UP to the present time the main
burden OF taxation has been borne by
the poor" continued tho first chief Of
the Constitutionalist movement. when
| was Governor Of the State OF Goa
hula. made an appraisal OF the prop
crtv included In the municipality OF
Saltillo. Ay figures were $4,000. 900
pesos. which total was exactly ffty
times greater than that upon which
the taxation had been based previous
~. found that the novels OF tho
poor were nppra ised at their full value,
while the mansions of the rich wers
valued at ridiculously low Sgures.
The public market places. where the
peon sells his tray full of fruit and
vegetables, wore go taxed as to render
even larger revenues to the municipal
ity than did the entire larger COM
merce where the Invested capital was
many thousand times greater"
DO / understand you to mean that
you will inauGurate progressive scale
OF taxation that will lift the burden
from the pOor and throw II upon the
rica?" ! asked.
SOLVE TAN SROHLEM WHEN
PEACE rs RESTORED
no. That Is not my purpose at
present. We Will continue to impose
fixed rate of taNnt.cn, irrespective
of the wealth OF tn: taxpayers. The
rising scale which has been institutes
In the Unired States. and the new in
come tax Law is not authorized by our
code, and will have 20 be studied dill
gcatly before being adopted by US.
That Is a problem which Will be solved
later. afccr pence is restored"
TIE financial richiem seems to mo
ono Of the mcs. pressing that confronts
Mexico" ventured "Enw do YOU pro-
p,Ar to sow it? Car you raise money
in the forelg narket?''
Il anticipate no trouble on that score,
cncc we are settled in Mexico City" an Z.
sw"red Carranza confidently. For ;he
present we have no need OF cash. We
max" all that we require"
But wha stands tcnirG the fiat cur
rency that you and tho state govern
nrnts of Sonora, Chihuahua, Duraut-o
Sinaloa AMI Coahu.la are issuing So
freely"
The law under which this currency is
ISSUED guarantees IL with all the re-
sources of the Mexican nation. How
ever. the time and method of payment
has not yet been decided upon. After
peace has been restored The natter will
be taken care of"
And the Federal values with which
Hnnrta has been paying his troops"
They !re valueless. NJ first act as
chief oi the Constitutionalist caus. was
10 deelar" all acts OF ;he usurper null
and void"
Does that include international
reaties that he has entered into. as we'll
as concessions that he has granted to
foreigners, such as to the British oil
King. Lord Cowdray?"
INCLUDES EVERY ACT
SINCE HADERO'S DEATH
Yes ii includes his every act since
ne betrayed and assassinated President
Madero We gave timely warning, and
every person or nation that has dealt
with Hucrta will tind 10 his cost that
the traitor had no authority to bind tho
Mexican nation financially or other
wise"
How about foreign claims for prop
eriy damage suffered at the hands OF
either contending party. When will
they be paid?"
That has not yet been decided. That
does include our liability to foreigners
for such losses that can he satlsfac-
wait for a while"
What will be done about the Span
iards who have been eXilcd by Villa and
other military chiefs:"
such of them who have no; incurred
exile by Illegal participation in Mexi-
can politics may return and will be as
sured absolute protection in their per-
sons and property. The Constitutional
ist program does not authorize confis-
cation. The great Benito Juarez said:
Respect for the rights OF others Is
peace. We will coniiscatc nothing. Not
even the property of our open enemies.
There are certain persons who claim
title to immense stretches OF land which
they have acquired Illegally. These
cases Will be submitted to tho courts"
but how, then, Will the government
acquire the enormous acreage requires
to distribute land among all the 10000
600 inhabitants of AicNico?"
Now you are touching on a very diff
ticult problem. Before anything drastic
can be done in amciioration of our agra
grian troubles, the matter must be care
fully studied by competent men. whose
will influence the nee
cssary legislation. This Will be at
tended to as soon rs possible. Where
land is needed for distribution 1t will
readily be forthcoming. The taxation
of undevclopcd property will make tho
rs i.,'" "c'"''s VIKING 10 Sell And
then there is always appropriation.
TOO MUCH PROMINENCE
TO AGRARIAN PROBLEM
TOO much prominence has been given
to the nPrarian problem. That it is
Important ! realize. but still il ia only
one OF mahy Ills under which the Mex-
lean people suffer. VIII the shoe
maker and barber wish to abandon
their call!ngs to dedicate themselves to
the cultivation of n patch of land about
which they know nothing. 1t Is ncces-
sarY that the new regime help the city
uweller as we'll as the agricultural
fhe reforms must be sweeping. This
is Il revolution. Mndcros was a politi
cal cne. He fought for free suffrage
and antire- election. Tie need OF tho
people goes stiH Cooper"
What VIII you do with the men who
to-day are fghting on your side?
ICOntinLnd On Snca..I GO