The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-08

Immediate Importance. and we can lot
1t rest for the present"
! To bark bnck to financial mattors.
why Is 1t that you do not ACCEPT Con-
stitutionalist money In payment of
export duticsr'
WORKS NO HARDSHIP
TO PAY DUTIES IN GOLD
Becaueo our exported products arc
paid for in foreign gold and It works
no hardship on the exporter to pay his
! taxes in gold. Mt the Same timo this
helps to steady the exchange on our
currency"
DO you not consider that Il Is bad
business TO impose duties on goods that
nre being sold outside OF Mexico and
| that bring In foreign money!"
That may be true In normal times
whcn our production Is In excess OF
our consumption. To-day 1T is ncccs-
sary TO impose an export tax In order
to prevent all our resources being talk
en- out Of our country"
What other reforms hayc YOU I'm
We've"
There Is so much to be done that
! really don't know what to answer
have appointed commissions to study
ana after their reports have been pre-
scented l Will have more to tell YOU
For one thing. there is n project of Il
national bank which will he the only
one permitted to issue currency. This
currency Will be absolutely guarun-
! teed by bullion deposits In the national
treasury. Then there Will be another
bank. also national In It's scope. whose
specially will be tho loaning of money
10 small agriculturists. AS to tho many
coucessionary banks that now exist, |
imagine that most of them will be
| unable to meet their liabilities on ac-
count OF the demands IIucrta has mado
on them lately, and they will prob
ably disappear.
The extending of railroads Is also
very important. There are ut present
several lines whose construction has
been paraiyzed on account OF the war.
/ These Will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible, esps cially the Kansas City, Mex
leo and Orient that runs from the
northern border to the Pacific coast
and the DuranEo-Sonora branch OF tho
Pacific Coast National Railways. Tho
completion of these roads will do much
to develop the coast States. which are
to-day isolated from the rest of the
republic.
1T Is also my purpose to sec that
all Mexican laws be strictly enforced.
While IL Is true that a great deal OF
Legislative reform is needed. the trouble
lies mainly In former nonobscrvancc
OF the Code. Justice will be Impair
TALLY metcd out. Schools will be null
tiplied.
Il have sent 10 New York an e1-
trcmely Intelligent; observer to study
American methods OF municipal SER
vice. such as police. sanitation. etc.
Another expert IL studying railway
Legislation and administrations"
when will the American forces
cvacUatc Vera Cruz? Have Won any
agreement with Washington concern
Ing this?'
II have nothing TO say ut present on
this matter. My Wow has already
been expressed. and especially now
that negotiations arc being carried on
IL would be !nopportunc TO talk"
REFUSES TO ANSWER
As TO ItIMORIcD PROMISE;
"1 understand from one Of the men
closest 10 YOU that President Wilson
has practically promised 10 turn Vera
Cruz over to the first Constitutional-
ist army that approaches and can
provo its ability TO protect foreign
interests. Is this truce"
~ refuse to answer"
And also understand from an
other OF your counselors that the mo-
diation proceedings at Niagara Falls
have no other object than to give You
time 10 advance southwark and save
the United States from the necessity