El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
MARVELLOUS VITALITY0F MEXICO
IS SHOWN IN HER EXPORTS
Four Years Of General Warfare in the Republic Fails to
Cut Down Materially the Export of Products
Through Juarez Customs House; Big
Cotton Shipments Are Made.

company, at MADEIRA and Pearson, and
the mills at those places Will IN all
probability, be operated at 1uA capa-
city.
This will mean the putting to work
of thousands of men who have been
idle since the mills were forced TO sus-
pend operations as a result OF the cut
ting of direct communication by the
destruction of the Cumbre tunnel In
Means Much For Ell PasO.
As the supplies for the thousands Of
men at work must be procured IN III
Paso. or through it, the beginning Of
operations at the plants at MADEIRA and
Pearson will mean much in a business
way to this city and viii add greatly
to its prosperity in the year 1912
More Cattle Than Ever.
It has been believed, generally that,
as a result Of the many revolutions
which have been waged, in the north
ern norton of Mexico. since -MaderO
set the pace four years ago. cattle
Nothing could be further from the
truth.
Cattle are more plentiful in the
state of Chihuahua today than ever
before in the history Of the state.
They may be deteriOrating for lack Of
care in the matter Of breeding and they
may be so widely scattered Ihat their
owners might have a hard time round
ing them up for market The feed mas
been good, however, and they have
bred and WaXed reasonably fat while
their former owners and herders have
been 'revoluting" with villa or some
agriculture Has Not Suffered.
Tt has also been thought that so
many men were with one or another
of the various armies in the field that
the growing of crops had been ne
elected to the extent that the people
were, or should be, on the point OF
starving TO death. That also is
fallacv Food is not only reasonably
Plentiful in the homes of the people
in the cities as well as in the rural
districts. as shown by the reports Of
American cOnsuls throughout the re-
public, but the reports Of the collector
of customs at Ell PasO show that
whereas. the normal amount Of fri
jOles" exported from Mexico through
the port of FL PasO in former years
ran about 100000 pounds per year.
there were exported in 1914 the euor-
nous total Of 16,50O,000 Wounds OF
beans and, il is said, in this cOnnec-
tion. that nearly as many more viii be
shipped through this port before the
movement stops this winter.
May BE Forced to Sell.
It may be that the people are forced
to sell for ready money beans that they
should retain at home for food "ur-
poses, but that this is true has not
been indicated by the reports Of the
COnsuls and others who have been
asked to investigate food conditions in
Mexico. 1t would indicate on the other
hand the remarkable self sustaining
powers Of the people Of that country.
That they should have so much food
to sell in face Of the drafts made upon
the resources Of the country by thous-
auds OF nOnproduciHg soldiers in the
field
One explanation offered is that every
man thrown out Of work in the mines
who did not 90 into the army went to
work as a planter of beans and corn
and that as a result of that action
northern Mexico. at least, grew the
largest crop in its history.