Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
Land In NEXICO
Country Being Rapidly ColOnlzed by
Germans.
COMING IN BY Tens OF THOUSANDS
Many coIonists own large Areas
Radical Element is Very Strong.
(By Frederick ] ,.Haskin.)

| Mexico Is DelNS quietly, pSaSSluhy,
rapidly colonized by Germans.
This is the word brought back by
traveller who has just returned, and
who has exceptional facilities for
learning the facts. Though a native
citizen of the United States, he is OF
Spanish blood, speaks and writes
Spanish as well as English, and has
many friends and relatives in Mexico.
He Travelled all over the republic seek
ing options on land for American CAPT.
talists. He talked to MeXicans of all
classes in their own language and as
one of their own race. He got facts
which are not accessible to reporters
and politicians in Mexico City.
What this man saw in Mexico was
young country going through phase
of swift development through colonial
ton and investment. While American
politicians and capitalists are trying to
formulate a policy toward Mexico, and
trying to educate the American people
to accept that policy, Mexico herself
is becoming a different country. They
have thought OF her as bankrupt and
starving. AS matter of fact she is
producing bumper corps and is solvent.
They have though Of her as a nation
of half-wild Indians. AS matter OF
fact her rich lands are drawing to her
some of the best blood in Europe.
A very large part Of this blood Is
German. Young Germans Of good edu-
cation and with money in their pockets
are pouring into Mexico by the tens OF
thousands. Recently the Mexican gov
ernment, this man reports, sold great
tract of land to $4,000 young Germans.
Each of these men has 80 years in
which to pay for his farm. Each of
them will found a family. Many Of
them-and this is a very important
point-will marry native girls OF
Spanish blood.
This German colony will form a
great block Of thrifty farmers, not
isolated, but bound to the rest OF the
population by ties Of marriage. In the
opinion of the observer we are quoting,
these men will become as much a part
of Mexico as any men IN IL. a They VIII
support the Mexican government, 10
which they are indebted for their land,
and the Mexican people, with whom
many Of them will have intermarried.
In addition to these Germans who
have bought a beck Of land, there are
numerous small groups and individuals
from Germany coming into the coun-
try in search of farms. These young
Germans usually first obtain employ
ment on some of the large estates for
a year. They learn the language and
the country. Then they buy farms.
Americans Poor CoIonizers.
Some Americans are going into the
country and buying farms too, it is re-
ported, but they are few compared to
the Germans and other Europeans.
Furthermore, the Americans form
small groups and keep to themselves.
tThey seldom intermarry with the
Mexicans, and often they do not even
learn the language. This man was
surprised to find many Americans who
had been in Mexico for years and could
not speak Spanish.
In a word, while the United States
holds political club over Mexicos
head, by reason of the Monroe Doctrine
and the great American investments
in Mexico, Europe is really taking
possession of the country, and 1t is
Europeanized Mexico that we will have
to deal with within a few years more
The opportunities for obtaining rlch
land n Mexico, provided you are will
ing to take your chances with unstable
political conditions, are probably not
rivalled anywhere in the word. In the
first place, the Mexican government
J, welcomes the bona fide settler and
provides him with land on extremely
attractive terms. In the second place
the owners OF the great land grants
who are being dispOssessed o. their
lands by the Mexican government uh-
der the new Mexican constitution, are
ready to sell for a song. The man
whom we are quoting obtained options
on two million acres of land at dol
lar an acre. lie asked the officials oi
the present Mexican administration
whether, if these lands were bought by
Americans, The titles would DC con-
sidcred good This reply was that the
government would hold the titles good
The land in question was wild lano
covered with forest, but rich in sol
and weI-watered. The timber on il
alone was worth many times the pur-
chase price There was a scattering OF
mahogany of which single trees wou!c
be worth six to eight hundred dollars
each laid down in New York.
Reds Are Strong.
This mans clients did not buy on the
options which he obtained. And the
reason they did not buy was that few
days after he returned from Mexico
there was a great radical dcmonstra'
ton in Mexico City. More than 5000
men marched in G parade bearing the
red flag of BolshCvism. Should boil