Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-16
PROFESSOR ROSS
TELLS OF MEXICO

Inere mas been and is now a reVO-
luton in Mexico declared Professor
r. A. Ross before the Kiwanis club
on Wednesday. For some time there
was real war but since then the
social and economic changes have
been marked, all for the good of the
common people The speaker spent
eleven weeks in the sister Republic
and came away with vivid impress
sins Of what is transpiring in a
political. social, economic, and re,
ligious way.
Bound by Lariat OF Debt
During and before the rule of DiaZ
the poems were bound to the lands
by lariat of debt. The poor fellows
always had to borrow on the future
and the law was ST ch they could not
leave the ranch Around the villages
there formerly was a tract of land
which might be cultivated by the
poems independent of the great land
owners, and during the reign of Diaz
this was gobbled up by the big estates
so the poor fellows had to live on
what they could get-abOut II cents
dey, also three quarts of corn a
day, together with a few beans and
q little meat during the week As it
were they were virtually slaves.
Land Back About Villages
AS Q part of the revolution the land
about the villages has been taken
from the dig owners and is now used
by The common people. Some of these
ranches cover much territory. the
speaker mentioning one which con
tanned AZ 500 acres another a million
acres, still another a million and
half acres, a bigger one with 100000
acres. and the largest which covers
a region so large that when a train
enters it at II o'clock n the morning
it does not leave until seven in the
evening When the land about the
villages went back bonds were issued
in payment but these bonds were Of
SO little value the taking of the land
was virtually cOnfscation. This the
landlords did not like neither do they
like paving so cents a day for labor,
now that the poems demand more
LabO~ has made a great advance
ment. the speaker declared. About
100000 are now organized, boards
settle disputes, working days have
been reduced to eight hours, Sunday
rest is given, and other things are
possible for the man who works.
Professor Ross spoke of the liquor
sickness in that country and just now
feeble effort is being made to edu-
cato AGAINST it, Advancement is also
being made in a feeble way for bet
.er education but with all, the speak
Ell was not sure the Mexican ship of
tate would keep afloat 1t is long
discouraging road yet to travel
When Professor Ross crossed the
border into his own country he
realized the people here had a greater
t personality. that our lives were more
complete and that we are creating
3 higher civilization. The United
States was far the best place in
which tc live.
mayor Wins In Bread Cutting
I'r G.. r. Stekl conducted a bread
culrn. contest between Mayor A.
Andro. W L. Cash and T F. Keith.
I ne mayor won by a few seconds.
T r. Rlsley presided and the
| secretary. L. II. Hill. introduced a
number of visitors, among them the
following:
Messrs. Shanks end Miller, Port
age; At;..euey j. T. Dithmar. Judge
E. Ray Stevens, Or. Nesbit and Dr.
COughlin. Madison; r.. P. Perry,
Reedsburg; Postms ster Charles Pear
! son. Charles Gasser and Harry Thorn
/ ton. La Vale; Rev r. NJ. Laurenson
and II. J. Sleeps, Baraboo.
| The luncheon was served at the
Park restaurant.