The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-01-22

as it is noted. as Mexican once eX-
pressed himself:' Progress and
Peace are nailed to our soil with the
rails of our iron wads, and no crlmi-
nal hand shall be strong enough to
tear them asunder"
A few chapters further on the
author says:
l have great hopes of the Mexi-
can Peon, provided he can be kept
from the clutches and baneful influ-
ence of the peripathtic Socialist aei
tator, who has unfortunately already
made himself nuisance and me-
mace in the country
That is sufficient, think, from
the author of the two volumes as ii
gives you clear idea of what the
United States of Mexico is, or was
in 1907, but | think, no doubt, his
eyes have been opened considerably
dnring the present revolution in the
states. Who am | to doubt, disa-
gree, Or want verification of gen
tleman who has the confusing hero
glyphics of F.. r. G. S. after his
birth-right? Yet / think he could
have learned much and would have
taken different views of the matter
if he had studied his characters by
association rather than from kalel-
doscopic view-point Perhaps it is
my personal prejudice against the
race that l take rather a cynical
view of it, although you could not
want for more charming acquain-
tances, truer and nobler friends, or
more bitter, substantial, and antag-
onistic enemies than the higher class
of Mexicans. But l speak of the
peon, or better termed "Greaser" of
which seven-eights of Mexico is
populated. One -thirty-second is
middle class such as farmers, ranch
ers, manufacturers. etc, and three
thirty-seconds is of the higher class
or those who are descendants of
bluebloods." OF all the lazy, shift
less, unclean, low bred. unprinci-
pied, degenerated, crafty, sneaky,
treacherous beings, the Greaser"
is by far the worst. The cunning
of the Indian. the craftiness of the
gambler. the uncleanliness of the
shiftless, the principles of the old
time bucanneers-all these lurk in
the dormant blood of the Greaser." "
He likes nothing better than to lie
comfortably in the sunshine, a ci-
garette between his sneering lips,
his snaky, crafty eyes half closed
and shaded well by his broad rim
med sombrero. building air-castles
or planning ways of spending future
days of idleness with the using of
the least possible energy.
That is the type of man (0 that
trails after the socialistic agitator,
in the we'll formed sentences and
prospects of future delivery forever
from toll. 1t is not the diplomat
who causes revolutions to progress,
for he knows his country cannot
stand revolution after revolution
and prosper He has advised that
Americans, Englishmen. Germans,
and other progressive people be al
lowed to invest in his country In
order that his country might pros
per. 1t is not the middle class that
promote these comic-opera wars"
az we call them, for they are peace
loving class and think of their busi-
ness first of all. But it is this ma
jority of Greasers that haven't any
thing, never had anything, and never
will have anything; that wishes.
hopes, and lazily prays that some day |
he might own some one else's ranch |
and so surround himself with luxu-
rious bliss; that further these wars.
OF course there is man with brains
at the head of the plot who knows
enough to enlist the services Of these
ignorant ones to further his greedy
and selfish plans; such men are
found every where. There are a
few of the middle class won by his
smooth, silvery words that really
join the ranks out of supposed 10y
atty. Then there is the drifters and
adventurers who come flocking from
all ends of the earth; some for the
sake of excitement and adventure
and many for obvious reasons OF
their own who come away, if they |
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