The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-13
Few Restrictions So Far On Auto
Driving In Mexico, Moser Writes

power Ol llE aite1l1ei AoiaAy aboos
ten cents dozen. They are how.
ever not SO cheap for the common
man who can only get four dozen
bananas for whole days wage.
If cooperatives are feasible, this
is one place where they ought to be
fostered. | doubt if the grower gets
over ten cents for a bunch while
here in town they cost about two
dollars a bunch. Cooperatives to
work properly, presuppose honesty
and | have my doubts If it would
work here for honesty is not a
coveted virtue.
Arrangements Differ
It is not at all unnatural that we
think the way we were taught to do
a thing is the best way. suppose
that is true the world over. | could
not help but smile and reflect for a
moment while I was in Vera Cruz
last December. When / registered
in the hotel | was given the key to
the room and found it for myself.
II opened the door and was almost
scared when | saw the size of the
room. 1t must have been at least
twenty feet high and looked still
higher.
AS l entered the room ] turned
on the switch back of the door and
to my surprise there was no light,
instead | noticed large electric fan
in the middle of the room starting
to revolve. After passing two beds,
three chairs and large table in the
middle of the room | came to the
light switch on the other side. As
| turned it on / could not help but
smile to myself and thought just
what every other American would
think.
was not there long before I
looked at the revolving fan again
and again smiled and thought to
myself, not so dumb, after all, be-
tween the two, | think the fan was
more necessary or at least much to
be desired. If it was that hot in
December, what must it be in July!
In the States we are given more
to uniformity too. Here you can
never tell which is the hot water
faucet nor in which direction you
have to turn it to turn it on or off.
There is generally a &C" on one of
the faucets but you never know il
that &C" means "cold" or "caliente'
| (hot). In a Mexican restaurant il
would be easier to know what the
&C" stood for, for assure you that
it is generally hot with chill.
Mexico is rich in mineral deposits
but | agree with Stewart Chase tha
its richness is not in its mineral
but in its beauty-natural beauty
Its mountains, its valleys, its no
springs, the ever present flowers, tn
almost indomitable Bougainvilleas
the poinsettias, the long rows c
palm trees in the middle of tn
beautiful avenues with one way traf
fic on either side, and the beautifu
residential district, all these are en-
chanting.
It's too bad that the beautiful can
not hide the ugly. The other day
Mexican college student invited m
to see his athletic club. | do no
remember of ever seeing a NOR
beautiful club, modern in ever
respect and judging from appear
ances, the best of everything.
| should julge that twenty tenni
courts were being used at the tim
| was there. None of the player
chased the stray balls for small boy
were being paid to do that for then
A large and magnificent swimming
pool, bowling alleys, etc., all wei
arranged and well kept up. Wit
due respect to Mexican courtesy,
spoke very highly of the club.
On our way home, however, mus
have shown my disappointment 70
all of a sudden the young man aske
me why l was so sad. | gave hir
a true answer but | did not tell hir
all the inner thoughts | had. | di
not tell him how | had been in tn
hinterland of Mexico and all tn
poverty saw and the terrible con
trast. | suppose it is an eterna
problem and perhaps it can neve
be solved. | suppose | unwillingl
showed my concern as we left tn
club. | know not the solution bu
sincerely hope / shall never be S
calloused as not to be concerned.