The border vidette., 1923-05-26

l ask of the representatives
of the various social classes who
form the great neighboring fam
lily of North America, that you
tell your respective superiors
that Mexico has abolished it's
boundary lines and has opened
its arms to men of good will,
coming from all ATTITUDES and
from all languages, who may
desire to cross its geographical
line and come with US to obtain
the fruit of noble and harmoni
Gus efforts leading to the en-
largement of our country and
the common welfare of the peo
pie. And that same boundary
line shall be converted into ram
parts with which we will ob
struct the entering of such men
as may pretend to come here to
get the best of US without con
science and with an air of supe
riority Of purpose, for obtaining
advantages larger than those to
which they may be legitimately
entitled in line with the proper.
ton of their investments.
Mexico is not country op
posed to civilization but it does
oppose and shall oppose the i'm.
position Of a certain kind of
civilization, as it's sole desire is
to obtain the same through the
efforts of it's own sons and the
support of any one wishing to
grant same without adverse pre-.
tensions, in order that civiliza
ton may be obtained with ab
.solute accord with its origin and
without losing any of it's noble
characteristics and sacred tradi
tions."
SERVES FERTILE PLAIN
The Southern Pacific of Mex.
leo runs through a coastal plain
averaging 80 miles wide and 7CO
miles in length, watered by fif-
teen large rivers and various
small streams furnishing abund.
ance of water for irrigation.
The climate compares favorably
with that of California and all
crops, including fruits. raised in
California, and some that are
not, are produced. This coastal
plain has an estimated area of
3,15O,OOO acres of river bottom
soil and an additional tillable
and jrrigable area of $3.50, 900
acres. The West Coast route
follows, in general way, the
old Spanish Canine Real which
extended, at one time, from Qua.
dalajara to Tucson and is mark.
ed by missions hundreds of years
old.
Construction of Southern Pa.
cific of Mexico lines was started
in 1905. The final line into TIE
pic was completed in 1912. Con
struction of the line from Topic
to La Quemada was held up until
the present time by the troubled
conditions in Mexico. The.South
ern Pacific of Mexico suffered
greatly during the years of the
revolution, traffic being inter.
rupted frequently, hundreds of
trestles having been burned, and
cars and locomotives destroyed.
During 1915 an average of a
trestle a day was burned from
January to July 81.
Building of the line from TIE.
pic to La Quemada is one of the
most important pieces of rail
road construction on the North
American continent in years.
Very few miles of railroads have
been constructed in the United
States during recent years. the
construction of the San Diego
and Arizona Railway, fifty per
cent of which is owned by the
Southern Pacific company, being
one of the outstanding pieces of
recent railway construction work.
This line was completed during
the World War, the only railway
in the United States which was
released from Federal control
and continued under construc
tion during the war.
Pacific Coast business men
have been keeping a close eye
on developments in Mexico dur.
ing recent months, believing that
a great trade can be built up
with the southern republic. 1t
is believed that the completion
of the West Coast line will be
q big asset to the western states
in competition for this southern
trade.