Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-20
CAPITALISTS HERE SEE
PEACE IN MEXICO WHEN
VILLALEAVES COUNTRY
Announced Departure of Rebel
Chief From Strife-torn Re
public Means Prosperity,
Investors Assert
SOON TO RESUME WORK
Philadelphia Engineers and Business
Men Ready to Undertake
Operations

The announced departut" of General
Francisco villa from Mexico was hailed
today 10y Philadelphia capitalists Wn"
have fargo Mcyirun interests as indicative"
%, rc,ru'ng good times" for the r"puh-
li. south Of the Rio Grand" aud of pc.
-uI,ua ncucnt to Tho MANY millions Of
dollars of Philadelphia mou'N invested 'n
tpat country,
Some characterized tho rcbcl cheftatn
as the sole remaining disturbing cIo-
menl." whose abandonment Of warfare
will permit the vast oil. copper hemp and
other industries to resume operations
others discounted the personal influence
but agreed that the prospect Of early
peace among the Mexican factions VIII
have a most beneficial effect Tho adj
vance guard of philadelphia engineers
and others who are interested in Mexico
will leave shortly, it is said, for the re-
uvenatiou Of the many Industries which
are expected to revive.
This event is just what We have been
waiting for" said l.. Cooper Shaploy. an
attorney with mining interests i'm Mex
leo today. cit means that business ana
Industrial conditions i'm Mexico viii re
turn To normal again, for we should not
expect much moro trouble, now that th'
disturbing element has left.
81 know Of several philadclphiaus.
whose names am not at liberty to dis
close who will i'm a short time leave Tor
Mexico. having been waiting for surh
move as VILLA is reported To have taken.
Thry are engineers and representatives of
Philadelphia capitalists who have money
invested in industries in Mexico.
Most of the Philadelphia capital in
vested in Mexico is i'm the mines, although
some persons are interested in the large
oil concessions and some in lumber. The
total amount can only be guesseu ai' but
it runs into many millions of dollars.
Mr.. Shapley's sons, Cooper ShapleN ana
Edwin Shaplcy. who are now in the West,
expect to return to Mexico shortly 1he
former. who was mining engineer in
Mexico for II years, left during the fhc-
tional hloodshed. The latter was in
Mexico for eight years
IL hope Villas departure means the be
ginning Of normal times said Dudley
Bartlett. of the Commercial Museums. 1T
should have "A qucriuS effect generally,
Most of the Philadelphia capital Is IN
vested in the mining section OF IA" norln
and northwest, where the lighting took
place
The military operations not only ticI
up the coal. copper and precious metal
battles rolled. but also ntorfercd with
the hemp. oil lumber coffee plantations
and other Industries in other sections, ac-
cordmg to the men who are familiar with
Mexico All this will bc restored to nor
NAL conditions, they said.
"Thc fact that a war is ending, aud
not the departure Of villa in particular,
win be beneficial to all capital invested
in Mexico" said John .. Shcatz, receiver
for the international Lumber Develop
meut Company. Money for Investment
will he plentiful the moment peace IS de-
clared. 1t is one of the richest countries
/ ever saw, and there is much Ihilad"l-
phia capital sunl: there. great deal
of it is in lumber in mining and in
the production of henequcn hemp for the
of rope. How important
this last is can be realized when one
knows that SgOOOO.OUJ worth of hemp is
exported annually to the United States