Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-20
INTERESTING FACTS
CONCERNING MEXICO
By Burton K. standish.


Moxieo ;s 81 much IN ,be nuhl;. MI
and eve some features of tSat revoIn'
tion stricken republic. inst made nnh.
lie here bv the National Geooranbieal
society. are of unusual interest
In the first place. few peonle real.
ize that the area cf Mexico is prac.
tically as large as that of the United
States between the Mississippi river
and the Atlantic ocean, the Great
Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico, VARYING
in altitude from sea-level to $4,000 feet
Its climate is affected by these cleva.
tons and by q range of Is degrees of
latitude. Twelve hundred miles is the
distance traversed in passing south
from Juarez on the northern boundary
to the capital, and 900 miles more to
the southeastern boundary. The Gulf
of Mexico and the Caribbean sea coast
line extends for l,700 miles while the
Pacific ocean and the Gulf of Cali.
fornia touch 1000 miles of Mexican
coast.
The average density of population of
Mexico approximates 20 per souare
mile, the most thickly populated nor.
ton, outside of the federal district be.
ing the states of Tlaxcala and Mexico.
the former being smaller in area than
Delaware and of about the same den.
sity of population. The state of Mex.
leo is nearly as large both in popula.
ton and area as New HAMPSHIRE
The form of government adopted bv
Mexico follows that in general Of tbe
United States. having executive. loois.
lative and judicial divisions Each of
the 81 states is represented in two
houses of congress. eomnosed of son,
ators and IDENTITIES. Congrcss boIds
two sessions each vcar for limited nor.
iods. Each state has IFS rovernor ana
legislature and is sub. divided into dis.
tricts or counties over which csiofo
politico" is placed. the districts bav.
ing subsidiary municipalities with mae.
istratcs. presiding officials and conn.
ellis. The so.called autoeratie featuro
of the government nav be largely duc
TO the fact that governors hold office
with the approval Of the president tbat
iefe politics have similar relations wifi,
the governors, and that thc Officers nj
| the Municipalities arc generally con.
trolled hv the iefe politicos.
! The church and state are indenen
dent. and congress cannot mss law,
prohibiting or ESTABLISHING anv roIiriop
OF the 10000 600 Inhabitants two. fifth.
claim descent from ancient tribcs n,
amilies which are accent cd os tho basi.
of Mexican history two fiftbs arc nj
mixed native and foreicn hlood tho rc
mainder being classed nnder tbo com
mon appelation of "foreipn.D
The CITY of Mexico 246 miles h,
-ail west of Vera Cruz and . 700 fool
in altitude. is reached Inv two roi
routes. climbing from the hot land,
Of which closely follows tbc trail take,
by Cortes in 1919. by General Winfield,
Scott with American troops in 1S47
and over which Is years later the in
yadinr troops passet
Congress- is iealous Of being shunte,
, ont of the nublic gaze bv the Mexica,
; situation. The pnblic NAV not bav,
noticed il. but the fact romans tba
the senate and bouso have been doin,
mighty LITTLE since ioe fleet was order
ed 70 Vera Cruz The lcoislators arr
prettv GOOD iudges of news matter an,
thew are also nerfeciIv coonizanf tha
the public doesn Y want 10 read abou
} little congressional doincs when wa
looms ON tbe horizon. Therefore ther
has been mighty littlo doing nm on tb
= hill Inst nc soon 40 tbe tcnsoness /,
the Mexican situation reloxes. thc leo
, islators found II convenient to brpaI
$ INTO print with somc good stuff Ther
4 wos action on tac tons ronoaI resolr
4 tion in thc eenotc and = sten forwor
s in tbe anti.trrst measures NJ hoth cnd
e of tbo conitol
!
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dent Wilson, enjoys he unique distnc