The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-05-28
MEXICO FAILS TO
USE ADVANTAGES
Natural Resources Are Richest
In Entire World.
YET NATION IS BACKWARD.


stitution Perfect. but Rulers Always
Hsve Been Law Unto Themselves.
Mines Most Valuable Of All.
Mexico City.-"Perhaps nowhere else
In the world II there n country so full
OF contrasts M Mexico" says william
Joseph Sbowalter. with a university
established before John Harvard. Elihu
Yale or william and Mary were born.
the masses Of its people are hopeless.
ly ignorant. With a hospital founded
before jamestown wns even dreamed
of. II In one OF the most backward re.
gions OF the earth IN a medical way.
With natural riches greater than those
Just ny poor ns the proverblnl church
mouse. With n constitution Ms per.
feet M any organic law In the civiliz.
ed world. II Is nation whose rulers
always have been law unto them.
selves
Here you will see Mexican hnlf
breed. bnrcfoutcd. wearing II dollar
ten dollar sombrcro. There. nt n
single glance aud within the length of
single city block. you may see nm
Indian cnrgndOr, n donkey. nm OXcnrt.
cnrrngc. n rnilrond train. n street
chr aud mn automobllc-nlmust every
type OF locomOtlon since Adam. You
may tread the burning sands OF n
tropical desert with the wet of the
perpetual snow of towering mountains
still upon your shoes You may take
n single railway Journey of thrtysix
hours IN which the people you scc NJ
the rnIlrond station will be dressed IN
four different weights Of clothing. Ev'
everywhere you turn nre contrast. high
lights aud deep shadows.
mo other country south NJ the Rio
Grnndc ~ 81 well supplied with rnil'
ronds Prior 10 the Mndcro revolution
II hnd 10000 miles Of up Ia date Amer
lean rnllrund which cnrrlcd 1900.
Ou0 passengers annually nnd handled
about II .vOn OnD tors of freight. Their
total revenues amounted Ia about $40
OOO.UOO The government owns n con
trolling interest In the mnJor portion
OF the mileage OF the railroads.
Mexico produces one third of the
worlds silver. u considerable percent
age Of it, gold. on.ninth of it, lead
aud one twentieth of ~ copper. The
country'S mineral production. exclusive
OF iron. conl aud petroleum. amounted
a. Si5S.HO,OrO In 1910 The famous
iron mountain nt Durango II estimated
"a contain OOWOOOD tons of iron ore.
which II worth seven times the value
OF MI the gold nnd silver mined In
MrSlco In Two centuries, The Santa
Maria graphite mines are th" largest
aud most important In The western
world The region around the gulf of
M"Niou - rirh IN petroleum One com
pauy ul Iulrrro del l.luun struck n
gushrr whi,h flowed lOOOD barrels ~
oil n day
"rhr drawn work Of the Mexican
Indian n Justly famed throughout the
world nud deserves to mnk with the
finest of Spanish aud Italian lurcs
The Indians wuhr all sorts nf small
objects to attract the crnluvos of the
tourist The iiitlr dolls of CucrnHvHcn,
II half inch tail aud dressed IN hncly
embroidered raimrut. are the admira
tiOn of every one who secs them, The
small clay animals, perfectly fash
toned aud ranging from the peaceful
dog tO the charging hull and the buck
iug mule would de- credit Ia the genius
of many n sculptor whose name ugurcs
Ia the art publications of the world.
lut perhaps the most wonderful ut all
are the Tiny dressed tleas which may
he bought In Mexico city. Another |
wonderful work uf the Indians h the |
making of feather pictures from the F.
plumagc of hummug birds, now al
most a lost art
"'rhe Indians of Mexico eat many |
curious fuud, one ot the most re-. |
markuhlr ot these h made of the eggs /
of species ui marsh lly. This hy de |
poslts its eggs 400 uruullhlr quantities /
upon naps and ru~hrS The Gags are |
gathered uuG madv into rukvs which /
are sold u tHy Wurhvl, The Indians /
semhlr nnv u~h Iu, uud when mixed |
with rutumwl aud fuVl r--s form a /
staple ARTICLE or dyt, particularly dur /
Ing Lent lhr insects themselves. I
which are about the size of the house /
fly. are captured. pounded into paste, /
boiled I'm cornhusks In much the same |
fashion as mmales ana I'm this form /
are eaten"