The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11
BUSINESS MEN IN MEXICO
MADE TO SWEEP STREETS
Carranza Putting Foreign Bankers and Merchants in
Jail for Slight Offences-American Artist Sem
fenced to Be Shot.

The JoiloDta0 letter Uas received BY
n NcW York mar from a banker N
Vera Crns. Vhose name u VithheId for
obvious edsoms:
ERR CRus. Juno 2.-The merchants
here are having ~ exceedingly hard
time with the Government. Do not
know whether the news from Mexico
city reaches you. but the military com.
mandcr Of that place recently called q
meeting and informed the merchants,
foreign and native. that ne was tired Of
imposing fines; hat he rave them all
hve days to inventory their stock and
mark II At 2b per e pront and that
after that period any one who did not
open his store ana sell In accordance
with the Government wishes would be
arrested and put to street sweeping on
the first offence. The second time they
would be given fve shots.
n Germans protested the day after
the meeting the British the next day.
and we understood In the city that Mr..
Rodgers. our new agent in Mexico. de-
nvered a red hot" telegram from Mr..
wilson. However a. Il may he, the
Government has nnounce it's intention
OF applying Article 80 to all foreigners
''|''p' w tfoCv tueIT HIOT00 ann
seal them with the consulate seal. This
decree follows the protest made by the
foreign Powers.
The poor Mexican and Spanish mer-
chants already ave been arrested. AZ
many as twenty one on Monday last
MAY I'D. and have been cleaning the
streets In front Of the National Palace
and the principal t~horoughfares OF the
capital. Wv
Conditions are shameful. and hi.
merchants are paying not oniy for ali
,heir capital and profits and merchandise
nut now they must pay personally IN
the fends In charge.
n money situation Ia beyond be-
llef. new issue is being forced on the
people at the rate the Government says
" must be. Any one who does not take
u goes to jail. The president Of tho
Mercantile Bank In Vera Cruz asked .
man who offered him the new ruonev II,
payment OF a debt TO wait until the deb,
was due, and was locked up "r,eurosa-
nnehte ~,hcomunicado." the ordinary treat
ital. ''""-
The cashier OF the Asuila. thu nj.
British oil company OF Mexico no. 80
Tered a like fate he was arrested Az.
Gays ago Tor not akinr the new MONEY
ana mas been in jail for Ave DAYS and
inc company has no hopes as vet Of get
ting him out.
the telephone COMPANY. which IL a
swedish concern and is run by priyate in.
~di'lduals. was taken over Yesterday nv
'te Government and the manager sim
ply had to leave.
An American druggist wa. fined IN
Mexico city FOR not akiny mo old ,no,e,
'called the Vera ri issuc) and when
u" went to pay his fine in the Vera Cruz
money the Government would not take II.
yesterday the clearing houses and ex-
Grange booths where one may huy AMER.
lean money. were closed by the Govern
'rcrt A: NC banks 1! you wan: 20 bus
p draft of any kim on New York YOU
may not pay in American money any
more. as the business houses have had
the habit Of doinG One must buy In the
new money. which is given the Govern
ment standard of one peso "infalsihcahle"
or 10 cents gold. This is hard on the
ba INKS. as they do not care n take the
new money unless IL ~ worth wha; the
Government says II Is. AMI every one
has doubts.
The Pullman service on the Mexican
Railroad has been removed ny the au-
thorities, who are still In control of the
railroad. though II is an English con-
Germ.
An American citizen, an artist who ha.
lived In this country for III. last sixteen
years. came down 10 Vera CRUZ on May
- 10 take the steamer for the States and
DR., " some sketches Of the famous snow
crowned mountain on the way down
'Mount Orizaha). A little military
pIgador asked him for one Of the
sketches and when Mr.. Brown landed in
Vera CRUZ he was arrested as he stepped
OF the train,
The negro porter who helped him with
his baggage was arrested too. They