The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-18
RICHES, OPPORTUNITY
OFFERED BY MEXICO
To ALL WHO COME


MEXICO CITY-In its far flung
reaches from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Gulf of California, and from the Amer
lean border to that of Guatemala, with
her brooding, snow-capped mountains,
and vast valleys. shimmering in vari.
colored flora and with fragrant fruit
age, from the temperate to the tropical
zones, Mexico offers not only an abund-
ance of raw material but undreamed OF
wealth for any one who desires to come
and take it.
The vast lands, Astounding in the
rarest vegetation, are practically yir
gin, and soil, that would make an in
telligent farmer rich beyond the dream
of avarice, yields at present scant
living to those that hold it. Men.
knowing how to take advantage OF
opportunity that is offered in Mexico,
have long since become rich; although,
strange to say, they do not advertise it
from the house tops.
Mr.. Fred McDaniels, the Manager
of the Rosario Dairy Farm, knowing
that the soil had been neglected, and
knowing also that there was the rich
est sort of subsoil, literally turned over
the soil of the entire farm, a meter in
depth, at cost of something like five
cents American money per square met
er, and is now getting alfalfa that is
the wonder Of the beholder. This farm
is within a couple of miles or SO from
the center of the city of Mexico.
Land Uncultivated
Less than three hours travel by au-
tomobile from the city of Mexico, in
valley that appears like an enchanted
garden, at an elevation of about 1000
feet above sea level, lies the town of
Cuernavaca. 1t is surrounded by lands,
sufficiently fertile to provide food for
the half of Europe. But it is virtually
uncultivated. There are fruits which,
if canned and once tasted, would be in
constant demand at fair prices the
wide world over,
Cordoba, in the State of Veracruz,
on the Atlantic Coast, has many ex-
cellent plantations of the delicious
mango fruit, pine apple and tobacco.
The town of Huasteca in the neigh
| boring State of Tamaulipas, produces
oranges that for juiciness, sweetness
and weight cannot be exceIled by eth
er the products of California or F1ori-
| da
/ The tobacco in that district equals,
| if it does not excel, that of Cuba and
/ Sumatra; and, but for lack of expert
treatment and trade enterprise, would
| soon rival all other tobaccos in the
worlds markets. What a magnificent
opportunity for American genius and
/ initiative.
Wonderful Coffee
The coffee, grown in many parts of
Mexico, reaches the apex of perfection
u
coffee will stand favorable comparison
with the best Mocha and is far ahead
of all other coffees in the market As
yet neither the Mexican planter nor
ayv American has made any attempt
to push this magnificent opportunity
to success.
Anothed opportunity is offered in
Mexico, to any one who would culti-
vate the cocoa, which the Mexican In
dams had cultivated long before the
Spanish conquest, but which now is
not enough to supply the local demand
and millions of pounds are imported
each year into Mexico, as the people
are very fond of it.
Among the precious woods, hard
woods of every description, is the ''yel-
low tree" which<the natives tap, like
a maple for syrup, and which yields a
most substantial rubber, and of which
there are far reaching forest, practical
" untouched. This and the ordinary
rubber plant. found almost on every
plantation in the various States near
the Gulf Of Mexico, constitute wealth
not comparable, and all that is needed
to get this treasure is energy, intel
ligently directed, an energy that will
induce the people to build roads by a
system of common interest; but he
who would accomplish this must not be
La predatory baron, who, enriching him
self, would not only impoverish but
enslave those that gave him the means
to accomplish this magnificent end.
For such there is no room in Mexico.
The Mexico today is wide awake, and
she is jealous for the welfare of the
people by whose grace a wise govern
ment is firmly established
Vast Amount Of Oil
The Oil fields that are Mexico's
great claim to wealth, are too well
known to need extensive mention.
But for those, acking sufficient infor-
nation, it may be stated that the veins
whence this precious fluid flows from
the heart of the earth, are but the
smallest and most insignificant of the
great arteries. There is so very much
oil in Mexico that it would be pre-
sumpteouS to even indicate the
amount Honest men, NOT despoilers,
have an Open Sesame for vast wealth
in Mexico, if they care to invest and
not smite the hand that offers the gift
AS metal mining country Mexico
easily stands in the front rank among
the metal producing countries of the
nj
Mexico, in a town called Pachuca, in
the State of Hidalgo, is the largest
silver mine in the world. 1t is British
owned and worked with astonishing
energy, and they are not frightened by
the bug bear of revolution" which
thanks to the tactful and energetic
manner of President Obregon, is {
thing Of the past
Mexico is just beginning to breathe
freely under the blessings of peace
we'll earned and her future is secure.