The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-14
GIANT TASK OF
RECONSTRUCTION
BEFORE MEXICO
Country IS War-Wom Hungry
and Nearly Bankrupt.
WANT AaERlCAHSTC TCMTURH


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@@Fs aef5 SINCERE -"ol- 70
Return e rsase ana rfosperity--
Villas 1aant Is sal. Isolated.
Northern Mexico again is safe IN
srcts. and almost sane. Banditry no
longer s. rrQaMa Towns ana ranches
howe been looted ana relooted until
there is nothing left worth taking
Foreigners. except tile Gernnns. wha
we're driven there for safety. have
abandoned the country ID its fate ana
starvation faces tie whole people.
Unable Is eet FOOD from Die United
States. .lexieo aom ms beean Ia raise
lfs own food Order has been restored
10 many parts of tie republic. more
especially in the states Of the north.
aud men who for SIX ears have given
10 Thought 70 peacefli vocation aow
are working IN fields mines or fac
teries ana are contributing their labor
20 the efforts Of the government to
restore normal conditions ia the coun-
try
World conditions make the task OF
rehabIiitating Mexico Il gigantic one.
The country has no finances, and be-
cause OF the war cannot borrow where
formerly money was easy 10 obtain.
rrtta 10 ,4rar.5a sgnea-rruer1fr f.fffnr fu
every effort 10 float lean. has ap-
pealed 70 the patriotism Of the people
and has started a campaign for a
popular loan which all classes are
supposed 70 help raise, workers by
giving "a portion 81 their wages, sol
dlers by relinquishing one days pay
each month ana mining and ranching
companies. merchants. manufacturers
and bankers by submitting to increased
taxation.
PROGRESS is Still Slow.
Apparently a sincere effort IS being
made ~ Mexieaus generally to return
~ nence and prosperits. but the diff
,.alt.es are admittedly great and re-
nerta from interior states show that
rrooraes Il STOW The greatest handi-
eap Il the refusal Of American and
British mine owners to reopen their
nronertieg DESPITE claims set forth
hv fhe Mexican governments publicity
denartment that ali American-owned
mines fn chihuahua have resumed ac-
,1,,tv most of the American mining
mon who formerly we're In Mexico now
.rs in ArIzona New Mexico or On the
horder GENERATING mines on the Amerl-
cap Side Or waiting for Mexico to llft
tl,e heavy burden of taxation which
has been placed upon foreign-owned
limos ~ the carranza government.
Tho cry Of AIexfcans for ii Mexico
Cor ,fexicansu has been answered.
There are few foreigners in Mexico,
although now there is apparently q
disposItlon bv some former foreign
residents of the republic to return
there
Americans who have returned from
trims of inspection into the interior
saw ant. American feeling appears TO
have subsIaed and that in its place
n,,,v is desire to get the American
money which once made Mexlcans
nrosnerous
The states Of Chihuahua and So
nora always largely dependent upon
goreien money aud foreign energy to
,.arrv on their industrial activity are
tsaaine now for a return of The Amer
- 4. aanora the notorious Cam
e-a de los ObrsrDs or labor eAuncil
which proved so troublesome TO Amer
lean miaing men by its denialas mas
been abolished hy Gov. g. Z. sofianV
IA an edict Just issued at hermosiiio.
In place Of the obnoxious councli mas
been substituted q committee e con-
einGiion appointed by fhe state govern.
ment which has none q lhe Hfp'lf"is
powers Of the former council
sonora mines, notably lAe eanei'e"
properties the largest 10 tie ssl's'