Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-14
MEXICO SUGAR
PLANTER HERE
Also a Mine Engineer, Ne Looks Forward
TO Early Peace In Mexico-ls Improving
His Mine TO Be in Reaiiness-Praises
Southern Republic.

Matt j. Bollins. owner of a large sugar
plantation near TamaSopa, IN the State Of
San Luis Poto~i. Mexico, and one 81 the
well known mining engineers of the repub-
liz. arrived in the city last night from Tam
lpico.
Mr.. Bollin~ has been in Mexico for three
months and went there from hi home IN
Boston 10 re-arrange business details look
ing forward to the reopeniug and the in
~talling Of machinery M the Dos Hcrmanos
mine near Moctczuma, 5. l.. T., Of which
he j. vice president and consulting cngi-
neer.
Eve are Just coming out of the haze of
war ravagc~ In Mexico said Mr.. BollinS.
-and ~ last there j. no doubt but what
the dove with the olive branch has ap-
peared and this very plcesing event has
been looked forward 10 WITH much concern
for the past year IN my section of the
country.
"The Mexico of today /, a new world.
and offers Il most wonderful field for in
vestment. The tide Of immigration j. set
ting southwark. Take il at IL flood. Mex
leo will soon show to the entire world that
she j. still a progressive country favored
with climate and soil unequalled. and under
it, new regime guaranteeing safety to all
and equality before the law. foreigners NAV
now enter the land Of the Aztec with
confidence and hope.
"The labor question since the war start
ed in Mexico has been a matter hard 10
contend with. You could not tell today If
Juan or jose would show ap tomorrow.
just about the time the fighting was well
under way we had contracted with private
parties % mime and deliver on a large
scale ore to the mill, this contract having
been made at a very good figure. These
parties went to the expense Of installing
machinery and the %quipment was brought
% the mine 10 start operation, but we
awoke one morning "a find that twentv-six
Of the men had been forced to ioin a
fighting band and that these who were not
drafted for the cause left that section Of
the country and took refuge in Monterrey
and TampIco, and thus our plans were up
set and we were IN the same shape as be-
fore. However. after this plan was forced
out Of order the company continued to
break down and tram the ore by what day
labor We could get, and mule power.
- now have plans drawn up that will
reduce the operating cost Of the Dos Her
manD~ mine 10 a minimum. We are now
arranging to install an electric motor svs-
tenn for carrying away the tailings and this
work will be done NJ "A cost Of about : cents
a ton. We expect with the operation Of
our new contemplated 100O-ton crushing
plant. the installation Of the new battery
Of teaching machines and the steam shovel
mining system. that we will be- able ID show
results IN the production that will be most
astounding.
"The real effects Of the improvements
and economics that we are making will not
be- known until after we hare been opcrat-
ing for a period Of six Or eight months. al
which time the figures win speak for them
selves.
W. expect 10 have our new cruShcr and
teaching plant IN operation within the
Of the next sixty days. or when |
return from the east. Three Of our five
teaching machines are now in position and
the other two are IN route and will b.
~ soon a. they arrive nj the mine.
III want to get back 10 Mexico soon and
will make my stay IN Boston short