The courier-index., 1919-11-21

lost some 100000
| Il you mad 1au to say nothing OF
,res Of ia otber possessions, you
generous ha INV feel that fate had
halt harsnls which Gen. Luis Ter
be state e.rn ne of Chihuahua City,
nsas, folln nn Of FL Paso, Texas,
SlcS9'; . noT We We are told by Sid
6pds h,n a,ts in the Dearborn indie
| Lev ROOelIIft appears, however, that
pndent. !. blame fate SO
|ben LUIS he does one Pancho Villa
puch az a. who has won SO MUCH &c! un,
|te parry rotoriety as bandit and
aviaOe , ntr in Mexico the last
general 'Ia.r u.s. He holds that Villa
few year, H., "He says his life will
pned llil'' 70 view Villas dead
h spafe stotes Mr.. Roberts. That
BODY - s'" proposes to speedily fol,
done, !, into the next world and
| bT MN loronnce him for his sins
' I.ias from the fact that III 1t deals al :
Aaae man who was once the
WITH NJ, largest landowner, the story
EerIa : In Inis is interesting because
= t Prl light on the agrarlan
t lI;"ns in Mexico that has pre-
''nalty;n IN that country for several
'ausu Terrazas was born in Chi
| yssS, City in 1929 of Spanish
lua .n+s who left him a small for
lsrs'''iH His hobby was cattle, but his
pns. .ltv SENS to have been the an
l seation of lands. Thus we learn
1 y. 10 materially assisted the Mex
la I II and president, Juarez,
r'. n,resting the country from the
y VA For these services he re-
i snod Grants of land. when Max
%HSa invaded Mexico the Terra
y ,'i' family defended the state Of
Tshnahua--and received grant of
snJ When Diaz came into power
s s@ revolution, Terrazas was
" leader of his sympathizers in
rSbuahua-and received a grant of
sndp Il was by thus accommodating
.snds here and there as time went
n and tenaciously hanging onto
,Eem that General Terrazas finally
,souired holdings so vast the it is
sa nobody but himself knew the
stpnt of them. ''You could ride
lar "a hours on the train and never
have his ranches" says Mr.. Rob-
ms Small towns dotted this
ys acreage, and 10000 poems were
IN his immediate service Fur
/ her;
"All day north and south, east
and and west you could ride in
Chihuahua, and never go outside
lis land. His cattle, sheep and
horses we're reckoned by the hun
dreds of thousands. They were
never counted, for the simple rea-
Sn it was impossible, and Don Luis
paid no taxes so it was nobody's
business.
Roughly they put his ownership
I At half the great state of Chihua-
Aa and in the city of chihuahua
be owned or controlled everything.
including all the public utilities,
which were monopolies and paid big
diridends. No one could borrow
money or buy a piece of property
without his consent and no conces-
non was granted within that state
without his approval.
He granted some mining conces-
sons, although he was not much
Interested in mining. Land, cattle.
nans-loans, cattle land-that was
ne circle of his prosperity. He be-
neVed in 8 per cent, but in his la
" years asked and got IL. Be-
lefe ms fall none could borrow a
cent in Chihuahua without his sane
non, and the interest was l per
CENT month. He controlled the
ranks, and if he wanted the notes
nd mortgages turned in for loans.
Z gOt them, and if he didn't the
anSers kept them. He sold moth
hg himself, but would lease. He
never let an acre or dollar get
away from him."
MS vast possessions made Tar
,s q despot. His poems were his
y and We are told that it was
Y ruthless treatment of them that
uu0ugnt on the Madero revolution.
A.; worked them to the limit of
@'r endurance, paid them wretched