The Springdale news., 1914-03-27
THE MEXICAN PEOPLE,


 your permission 1 would like to write few lines in behalf of a poor down trodden and very much abused people; mean the very poor and intermediate classes in old Mex ieo
 Since the trouble began over there, from all the papers 1 have read touching on this matter through out this great liberty loving and sympathetic republic. have failed to find one word in behalf of these people who are poor and starving. In fact from some of the articles vii ten by skilled writers, one would be led fo believe that these people possessed neither hearts or souls, but simply gall I spent ten years mingling with the people of whom write, and I think I know some thin. of them l am willing to tes- tify that they have hearts the same as We do, and by grief their eyes will overflow and tears will fall when mourning the loss Of depart cd friend They also feel the same pang of hunger and the chilly blast when scant of clothing as we do. 1 have often wondered why some one of the many writers for publication has not cast his mind heavenward and penned one sympathetic line of sympathy for these poor broken hearted and starving people. The people l am speaking of are the best morally and religiously in Mex leo They are humble and bidable people who are willing to work for q small pittance and do so as long as they are let alone. The lower and intermediate classes are not q war like people, they don't want to go into the army, but the smart ones and the wealthy ones are re sponsible for all the misery of the people Mr Revolutionist who can get together q few bandits, plentiful in that country, will arm them and start an army by going through the country and forcing all the able bodied to fall in rank and the only thing the women and children can do, is to drag along after them many of them falling every day from hung ar and exposure. These are the people that am wondering why not one of our great liberty loving peo- pie have not yet thought to speak one kind word about or to pen thought of their unhappy and deplor- ] able condition
 To illustrate that they surely do have hearts in them and how easily they are taught right from wrong. l call to mind an incident that happ- ened one day when we were brand Ing some cattle had eight Mexi= cans with me that day, the most of them young and active fellows and one very old man As we branded the cattle, they were turned out of the corral and when We had gotten through branding them, there was on' quiet stout yeariing yet tied down and for a joke the younger fellows sent the old man in to unite and drive out the yearling. When the old man loosed the cords and let it up, it was quite mad, and when the old man started to run, the yearling followed after him. struck him in the back and knocked him down and stood over him, paving the ground. 1 saw if the old man attempted to get up he was liable to get hurt, so 1 hurried in with rope in hand and beat the yearling off and helped the old man out By this time the fell ows, all Mexieans. had quit their shouting and had become a little serious When got the old man out, called the other fellows up and gave them short lecture. told them in the best Mexican Ian guage at my command at that time. that they should be ashamed of themseNes that he was old and could not live great while longer. and that it was their duty as men to give him helping hand and not play pranks oh him on account of his old age They all hung thelr heads and said nothing, but from that time oh they all had the greatest respect for the old man and they seemed to think a great deal more of me
 am free to admit that I have q very warm spot down deep in my heart for these people, but it is not clement whom most of our people go- ing over there would care to mingle - L.. A.. ,,.ol.l, a,,lI ln,,.l,t ,lnea