Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-30
MEXICO WANTS
ONLY PEACE. !"
WRITES ELIAS

W ~ AO - AA ~
What Mexico wants above all else
is peace" is the outstanding state.
ment of letter just received by
Juan Marshall, Mexican counsul at
Douglas, from Arturo NJ. Elias, fl.
nand.al agent of the Mexican govern
ment in the United States. Mexico
with the greatest potential wealth
of any country of similar size in the
world, has just really begun to de-
velop.
/ Mexico wants nothing of any ma
tion but amity, and its asks other
nations to look upon it En the same
manner. With this world attitude
existing toward it, the people will
work out their own salvation ana
prosperous and happy people will
take the place of one which has
for centuries borne the cruel burdens
placed upon it by native and ror4.gn
cXploiters.
! I'm view of conditions throughout
the world it is with pardonable pride
that Mexico, torn by years of internal
struggles, announces that she places
her public debt on an interest paying
basis. Had it not been for the SIM
lister influences both within ard with
out who were responsible for the
De la Huerta rebellion, Mexico would
have been able to resume interest
payments upon her public debt in
! 1928. The funds for this purpose
were in hand and deposited in New
York when the revolt engineered by
De la Huerta and his financial back
ers took place and all the splendid
work of rehabilitation of the Obregon
administration was for time jeop
ardized.
] A great irrigation project involving
SS0,0O0,00O of expenditure has been
begun. This is vital to the agri-
cultural development of Mexico. One
half Of the work has been taken over
by one of the largest engineering
firms in the United States and the
other half by the largest engineering
firm in Germany Road building on
large scale has been begun m order
to increase the transportation facIl-
tiles between country and cities. A
/ IdIlOildi VI l0oUCJ Win
authorized capital Of $5OO00,O00, OF
which 3O,OOO,OO0 has already been
/ paid in, has been in operation nearly
year, is in flourishing condition
and has proved of great service in
teh work begun of buolding up tne
material condition of the Mexican
] people.
"The new Agricultural bank, with
an authorized capital of $20,000,00O
and $9,00O,00O paid in, has already
! begun to be of service to the Mexican
farmers. Loans are made on growing
crops and for the purchase of modern
| agricultural machinery, of which the
farmers are much in. need. Only this
winter, as financial agent of the
Mexican government purchased and
! shipped the first installment of plows.
These 10000 plows bought IN the
! United States together with. harness.
were sold to the kfarmers FOR $2S
to be paid for in three years without
/ interest. When it is remembered that
(, formerly this outfit cost the farmer
SIP and ha he had pay caSn,
which in mos cases he did not have,
resulted in his beng compelled to
pursue the most primitive methods
with corresponding small producrson,
the Importance of this move which
will be extended throughout the
country will be understood.
| In addition to this the farmers are
bIng sold mares for farm work,
many thousands of which we have
purchased in Texas. These are being
sold at S14 on the same terms. In
41ao yoTs17SS io11t nc
! bought fine stations and supplied
! them to the farmers cooperatives
in the various districts for commun-
ity service, thus providing for the
increase of stock through natural
methods as we'll as Improvement in
the breeds. Both the administrations
of president Obregon and Gales have
understood the immense importancc
of agricultural development along
modern lines to all of the people Ill
raising the standards of their liveli-
hood and it was for the eelvatipg
of these standards that the revolution
was fought
! 'In conclusion, the great import
ance to the people of the United
State of a peaceful constructive
Mexico, engaged in constantly 'mproV-
ing the conditions Of its people, can
be proved by the increase of business
with this great nation, as shown by
the great increase of the amount Of
merchandise which went into Mexico
during the first five months of 1926
compared with what went in IN the
corresponding five months Of 1924
when Mexico was in the throes of the
De la Huerta rebellion