The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-07

Il - anu NNpNlAS lllbIf dINlAltS llit
all the rest of the world combine
> industrially and financially consdere
the real capital Of Mexico is not MeN
p lico City. but New York.
= MeSioo Also Has a DiNiu OF Its Ow
! In order to understand the situatio
IN Mexico II is necessary To get firm
~ IN our minds that there are in real
, itv Two MeNicus. one MAY be Gale
American Mexico ana the other MeXi
, IAN Mexico Get down Your map-yo
can grasp the Mexican problem in n
other way-and md the city OF Sal
Luis Potosi. From this draw
straight line to the Atlantic to tn
cas-. and the Pacific to the west Tn,
enormous stretch of country north q
this line may be considered roughly a,
American Mexico; the country south
as Mexican Mexico.
South or this imaginary dividing lin,
IN" average Mexican is simple. liz
norant rather helpless creature. II,
| Is man for whom the world is still
i'at. for whom the sun stIl literally
rises and sets. for whom the stars arc
sim minute fiery specks in the sky.
Perhaps he knows hazily that the
world is somewhat ldrlcr that that
which he has before his eyes he may
even have heard of great aud wicked
nation To the north, but lis brain con-
tains no concrete image Of it. ON oc-
casionS he will join rcvolutionists and
iight-he does not particularly care
under which side. Naturally however.
he IS peaceful and submits willingly
TO any government that will leave him
in peace. Under proper direction he
VIII work industriously-at least until
he gets few dollars ahead.
North of this line, however. We shall
have TO revise our ideas of Mexican
social classes. The largest states.
Sonora, Chihuahua. and Coahuila.
touch upon the United States. They
are the natural continuation of Ari-
iona, New McNica and Texas. And.
in many ways, the people resemble the
citizens OF these states.
The southern American border is
half Mexican. half American i'm char
acter; Spanish is still freely spoken
in New Mexico and Arizona. These
states. originally cut from Mexico. rep
resent merely American civilization
laid over the original Spanish settle
mcuts. The same process has been
going on in the northern tier of Mex
iean states. The people of Sonora and
Chihuahua have as much in common
with those of New Mexico and Arl-
IONA as they have with their fellow
citizens 10 the south. Here are not
two, but three, social classes. The
peon still exists i'm considerable num-
beers. but he is rapidly making prog
less. lie il learning To read aud
write; his children go To school; he
lives i'm IA real house aud not i'm a mud
nut In numerous cases he is becom-
ing genuine farmer, using. American
agricultural machinery: i'm others he
branches out as tradesman and
wears ready-mado clothes. lie be-
comes an artisan. "A mechanic. a clerk.
n railroad man, a rauchcr I'm other
words he is developing into "A middle
class. The upper social strata send
their children into the United States |
Tor education are are constantly |
'rossng the border.
In this new development in north |
arn MeXica that has precipitatcd the !
present troubles. What is going on i'm |
Mexico is real revolution with real |
at stake. The final cause is |
he same as that of the Roman up-
Using under the Gracchi-thc hunger
If the peasant for q piece of land of
ais own.
Mexico Is Owned by Foreigners.
While tho educated MeXicans have
'een busy making political speeches
u hiGh hats and froc< coats foreign
capitalists. American aud European.
rave quietly taken possession of their
Ountry.
whatever the Average Mexican does.
10 touches elbows with the capitalistic
orcigncr. Du railroad journey he
ides in an American train, hauled by
american locomotives in charge of an
engineer. In every large
own he rides in an American trolley
ar; If lie can read. he does so fire.
uently under electric lights or gas
installed by foreign capital. The oil
or his lamps ana other purposes
ONES from his own country, but it is
Wned and pumped out by American
+ English enterprise. lie deposits his
Money when he has any, usually i'm
apks winch are owned by foreigners,
articularly FrenChmcn. When the
leXican sonora goes shopping, she
lakes ner purchases usually at a
rench department store. She buys
er household supplies, III many cases.
rom grocery shop kept by a
paniard. The head OF the household,
,okinS for strong drink, commonly re.
orts to cantina managed by a
paniard. The Mexican buys his
ardware and cutlery at shops con- y,
oiled by Germans Even the great ;
81 sources of tho nations wealth. the !,
lines. have practically passed out Of
10 hands of the McXiCanS. The Mex
AN miner Of the present time is a
IAN who works AZ u day laborer i'm
lines or smelters controlled by for
gners. a recent exhibit shows that /,
Iexicans own more than foreigners
My in houses, lands and livestock.
reweries and small teiaiI stn,.. n. v