The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
MEXICO WACING
VIGOROUS WAR
ON 0UTLAWRY
Unorganized Bands Seek to
y Continue Work of For
mer Leaders

New York. N. w. July 2.-The
SwegtaWe of Villa, Zapatista, and
others of their type is steadily wan
ing in Mexico, and whatever bandit
activities there are, seem to be unor-
ganized and sporadic. This is the
conclusion reached after reading of
several letters sent to the Presbyter-
ian Board of Foreign Missions by its
! representatives below the Rio Grande.
villa prestige seems to be steadily
waning" says one letter from North
/ ern Mexico. Another describes con-
ditions in the South as follows:
After three hours ride on horse
back, 1 was told that the Zapatistas
had returned again, but in fact they
are not Zapatistas, but pure bandits
that they were taking horses and
anything they could lay their hands
on. Last week was out visiting the
northern part of the district. Because
! of the economic condition, some OF
the people have risen up in arms and
are beginning to make it very un-
I pleasant where we have large con-
gregatton. They took several horses
and corn, etc. Several of the families
had to move out. I was headed for
that congregation to hold services.
| When almost there, several of the
members sent word stating that the
bandits were coming our way and
4 that we had better return. We were
only , about thTee-Quarters of an
hours ride on horseback from them.
I Such is life at present down here.
There is one reassuring thing to make
US hopeful. and that is there are no
organized bands with a thorough plan
of campaign as there was several
months ago, SO we need fear no raids
upon Zitcauro."
other Interesting extracts showing
Mexican conditions treat of crops, fl
! nances and business.
Eat Aguascalientes,'' it is said.
/! business of every kind is at a stand ?,
still. AZ soon as the smelters, foun-
dries and mines start up our people
will have work. There is great ex-
J citement over the elections of gov
ernors, with three or four candidates
! in each field. People are very busy
! discussing candidates and land poll
cies and hours of labor. but very few
people have gotten to work. Zacetecas
is mere shell of it's former self. At
one time when my father was hera In
the city there were 10000 inhabit-
4 ants. Today $4,000 is a very liberal
! estimate.
The treasurer of the Press in Mexi-
| CO City. one Of the forms of work
which the Presbyterian Mission in
that city is carrying on, writes Of the
money situation in Mexico at pres
emit:
THE most notable feature of the
: year was, no doubt, the passing out
of the paper money which in multiple
j issues has been flooding the country
/ since Huerta authorized the printing
Of the one and two peso bills of the
Bank OF Londres y Mexico.
AT the beginning of the year, the
Vera Cruz money was in circulation.
The government. however, nullified
the large bills over night and soon
the whole issue collapsed. The in
/ falsificable was brought out and was
{, heralded as the great and final solu-
ton of the monetary problems of the
! nation It appeared slowly at first.
and commanded a high price because
of the scarcity of a circulating medi-
UNI. The army people and civil en-
sp1oyes soon had lots of it to dispose
of, however, and its decline in value
was rapid. 1t was issued LIST of june
and by November 1t was practically
worthless. two and, three thousand
pesos going for an Hidalgo, less, most
likely than the cost of printing. The
government has lost it's credit with
the people, and no one had amy faith
in the most elaborate paper issue OF
the whole series, backed by endless
/ promises and supported to some ex-
tent by the penitentiary.
"S1fver money came out of hiding
by December and naturally was the
cause of many readJustments. With
the closing of the Press accounts fol
the year, paper money disappears
from our accounts, which is most
satisfactory as its wide range of f1uc-
tuations and it's generally deprecated
nature gives no certain indication OF
! values"