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Mexico Nt A Good Place For ihe
Maun Who Hcli Sit A Little Meney
Ooportiaritias for laveotaKBt Are Many and the Chances far Profit Are Freqaeat, feat Alwsaant Capital I In
quired Dentists Make Sfg Profits.
Frank G. Carpenter
no American, and especially no one with
... ettAiilil invAKt in Xfpxico I
without a report from parties whom no
knows to be reliable. Better still would
i i... him tn Mmft hprA to SAe be
fore he buvs. Big names do not always
mean reliability of statement and the
socalled government concessions for
the investment of capital lapse if the
development stipulated in them fails.
Fre-tler ef the United States.
On the other hand, Mexico is now to
take the part of our great west. It is
to be the frontier of the United States,
and with settled conditions the big
estates will gradually be divided. Many
of them will go into the hands of bona
fide development companies and will
be accessible to American settlers. Such
will be the Mexican part of the Im
perial valley, which is to have its share
of the waters of the Colorado river for
irrigation. The lands there are as rich
as the'vallev of the Nile and quite equal
to those now being worked in the United
States. , . , ,
There are also large tracts of low
lands near the coast which will be
opened to the growing of coffee and
bananas and other tropical fruits, and
there are already some profitable trop
ica! estates operated by American syn
dicates. Just before the revolutionary
troubles began, American planters were
coming in by the hundreds and settling
the coast lands near the Caribbean sea.
Many had holdings near Tampicq, oth
ers had bousht timber lands farther
south, some were prospecting for pe
troleum and some were looking up rub
ber investments.
I say there were many of these in
vestors. The term is only comparative
The permanent American residents or
Mexico at that time were notnore than
40.004 which Is a small number com
pared with the total population here,
which is about 16,000.000. Today thous
ands of these Americans have left.
Others have stayed and sent their fam
ilies home, and still others have given
up in despair on account of the unset
tled conditions. Indeed. I Jubt tha
there are more than 15,000 or JO.000
Americans living in Mexico today.
Chances er Yohbr Men.
There is no opportunity for a young
man here without capital, and It seems
to me there wilt be but little for a long
time to come. The common labor is
done by the Indian, who works for one
third or one-fifth what the ordinary
day laborer of the United States re
ceives. and the wages of mechanics are
not one-third those of the United
States. There are no chances for clerks
or etty bookkeepers. There are many
yoimg Mexicans who can keep books,
and they can sell goods as well as we
can and will do It at one-third our
Weis only skilled labor and special
ability that command high prices. I
refer to such professions as engineer
ing and those of the electrical and min
ing experts. Such men are In demand,
and if they can speak Spanish they can
find plenty to do.
Big MiHM?y For Deatbts.
A& to professional men, Mexico has Its
own doctors and lawyers. It has a
smattering of native dentists, but there
are many American dentists who are
doing well. Said one of these to me the
other day: ,
-I made $5000 the first year I came
here and mv receipts now are about
$tt00 a month.' I can charge bigger
prices than at home and I have gotten
as much as $100 for a full set of teeth
upon rubber. Whenever I administer
gas I charge $1 for pulling a tooth.
although when I yank out half a dosen
I reduce that rate to $5 for each tooth
after the first. In gold fillings my
prices are $5 and upward, according to
I Kj, Mvltr and ftl DAnk ftC-
mi nt tho man who has his teeth
fined. I get big money for bridgework
and I have made $500 and upward oat
of a single mouth."
This dentist spoke Spanish and he
had picked up the language after com
ing to Mexico.
... . tT. ViiMBMrr.
As a rule. It is almost impossible to
get along here with nothing but Eng-
lief, the Spanish language IS not easy
to learn. One can pick up a smattering
within a few months, but to get a good
.A.iri. lnnwimisrp it reaulres a year
n- n at hard study. There are some
professions In which one must have
Spanish to enter. This Is so of the phy-
i. ... ... laana n dHltn Cpr-
tifteate without he had a government
diploma, and of the attorney, wno nas
to pass a regular government examina-
uvn
I an American would act as a pre
scription clerk la a drug store, he must
? ii.. aam foviAn Aii-
nave a ai"" "" "" -v :
, ill.. Jt .. n OlhnAl tAfWhprS
immuH, , - .--- ----
they can do nothing here without un
derstanding and being able to read and
write Spanish. There are openings for
good American stenograpners wno cu
translate and also take down their notes
In Spanish and isngusn, dui many .
the typewriting places are now being
filled with native girls, who are trained
la the female schools of Mexico City. I
find such girls actinic as private secre
taries In most of the government of
fices, and nearly every professional
man has one or more of them.
Xeoey la tands.
With the coming of peace, there Is
sure to be a rise In Mexican lands I
am told that real estate values during
the past fire years have risen from 00
to" sefrpereent. and that there will be a
radical increase as soon as conditions
i.i pkaa f 4iir tnnvement
here for dividing the large estates, and '
,. i., ., vinw ftAiit nil the I
suca prvifcinca . . .. ..... .-
way from 50 cents to $3 per acre, ac
cording to their character and im
provements. Tn one wishes to engage In stock
raising he needs a considerable tract.
The pasturage on the highlands Is thin.
and the range must be much more ex
tensive than in onr country. At pres
ent the cattle are poorly fed. and they
are usually small. It is estimated that
it costs less than $8 in gold to fatten a
steer. I am told that there is money
in sheep and goat raising, and that
swine do very well and never have
cholera.
Xtw Farm ethes Seeded.
As to grain farming, there is plenty
oi room " bu.wj. ... -e-- --
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Weak Men! Diseased Women!
I N e v e r Disappoint M y
Patients !
I Hold Out No False Hopes !
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The tlus ot people I ttii "" l.teDigent npnntatiTi !(. ag "h T
" " "' " "'T- -WHAT HAS MADE THIS COKHDBKCR" .
A tbooml. pr.pn.llo. preeeoio5 mj pta.tk U jeu. jo, port jrmte rf "! STlT-SS
that I have treated during ihe past 15 years who has not received what was proatuca J. mviw wm mi
trMlSM tKSi-t method that eurea in a ahort tim. 7 iga t-bl. Ht
originallv required years to care. . , . ...
I cure varicocele, hydrocele, rapture in many eases w, ,,len: u lWItr rf - -x t --,..
I cure women of the common conditions they have without operating the augarfir Of eat, J 1 aperate
if it becomes a necessity. . . . " .
T cure nervous debility of men and women, no stinra ; BPBJT:
I cure contagions private dtaeaaes in a few days that in time Prt5u,diW. . -. j- t v...
I cure obstroctions to stay eured by the pnly process known to leading speemtata ot ttft w-i. 1 -e
cored more obstruction eases than any dozen specialist m the state. ,
ACTS DOING TH1XGS SPEAK LOUDER TO SENSIBLE PEOPLE THAW PR0M1BML
Mv office is equipped with all the electrical and other known seientifis paraphera-a tm aswMe do
first class work. I have everythiiig that is of service toa man who paetmea "" 2?
spent thousands of dollars and almost a quarter of a eentn carny meni """JJSt "?T
what experience and preparation mean. Fifteen years of ttua toa has been right hm m Tma amd I
Zm livanJ die here. lam proud of the extensive work I have done. My record is open to aary, batk to my
birth, as wejl "? , ,. . ,. , ffciw ,, MT Armi- ,,-j-, te
lSFZSSZZ. I i.e yoa TTZ 'ltr-. and , fe CONSUL
TS ttJFX?JS?3 tbe ,- of the poor weH the
lLJJ2JS? akepkd that I am doteg ja-t -kilAkt. cl-a I !
irMifmottt to vott In detail, and you nave uuaea in me (hitkj w v"' " rr.
I taS em-ed, I feerX that any doubt that you may have had regarding my ability to care yoa will have
I'ilde behind no bastam a-me; employ no actavs and treat m - at home who has aat beeav to my office
Sr1 Milam is "endorsed by leading bankers, jtfriata, minister and busiaea ea all oew the atofa ; aa woM as
. . ti. j. a. .l;.. .j ;! iIhmim a t mn aiMi waassa ana a eoereract win aa aaaaa to
in ill iaso. xie ire uc " r"- -
cure when promised or return the laoaoy. .. , 4, , . -
1 i,w.v i thia wHHbe eivea under eontraci. Whenever yow are aot saMlaa, go to the saast am get
Nogreafcevi!aee of coafidaace or ability could be offered than the afcew.
El Paso, Texas, 1-913. 7o.. .
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,Y. M.MILAM.
ooksultAtion JEEE.
DR. Y. M. MILAM, Coles Block
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OVER UNION CLOTHING CO.
SAN LUIS FOTOSL Mexico. July t.
This letter is devoted to the small
man In Mexico. It is not for the
railroad magnate or the millionaire
capitalist nor the skilled mining or
civil engineer who is sent down over
the border with money to burn. It is
for the. wouidbe settler who has a few
hundred or a few thousand dollars and
for the man who has saved some money
The Army of
Constipation
Is Growing SmeBer Every 9a.
CARTER'S LITTLE
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leapomible theyi
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they permanently
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SHALL PUJ, SMALL005E, SMALL PCE
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( Copyright, 1018, hy Frank O, Carvester)
and hopes to put it where It wilt
breed gold dollars more rapidly than
the rabbits of Australia bring forth
young. To such' Mexico has been
painted as an El Dorado, whose treas
ure vaults may be opened as easily
as was the cave to the Forty Thieves
to our old friend All Baba, and also
as a Garden of Eden, where you may
sow coffee, cocoahuts and bananas, and
then lie in the shade of the trees until
the fruit drops into your mouth.
A Warning to In esters.
The truth is far different. Just now,
in these days of rebellion, brigandage
and political unrest, there is no chance
at all for the small man. When the
country is quiet and peace Is returned
it wUl be different, and. as I shall
show farther on, the opportunities for
large profits will probably be greater
than In the United States. Mexico Is
ready for a mighty development and
there are millions of American dollars
which will roll down over the border
as soon as our capitalists can be sure
that they will be permanently safe. One
or the consuls tells me that during the
last years of the Diaz regime new
money was coming in by the tens of
thousands of dollars a day. This
money was dammed back by the revo
lutionary troubles and it only awaits
stable conditions to break forth in a
tidal wave over the republic If this
is so it will pay the big man and
the little man to keep his eyes upon
Mexico.
But as I have suggested. It will pay
the small man to watch out. I have
been lookinK into the results of the
small lmeotments rf the past Ameri
cans t''l m of thousands f our p o-T1-
w n h i i nut Ihn 1 'to ajpi
litu -I x.taii stk i ., ; ....... a. u J
have gotten nothing back. This U
the verdict of the consuls, of mining
engineers and of American business
men, who have traveled over the
country.
The opportunities are here, but the
field has been largely exploited by
fake companies and stock jobbing syn
dicates. These men, by promising enor
mous returns, have persuaded the small
man to invest what he had and to
mortgage his future for additional
sums, to be paid on monthly instal
ments. Most of such companies have
failed, and many of them have been
fakes, pure and simple. The bona
fide capitalists here are satisfied with
10 or 15 per cent profit, and if there
were many investments which would
net them 100 percent they would grab
them. This is so not only of mines.
but of tropical agriculture, and it is
safe to say that any man who prom
ises 500 percent profit within five or
ten years is a fraud.
Advlee From liaeie Sam's Ageata.
One of the most careful observers of
the men sent here by the government,
is Charles M. Pepper, who was long
a correspondent or the Chicago Tri
bune. In a report to congress he stated
that no American school teacher, clerk,
day laborer, seamstress or college
professor, who had only a few hun
dred dollars of savings, had any right
to risk them In a Mexican stock com
pany, especially in those relating to
tropical plantations. He advised them
to take their little hordes, and throw
them into the sea and leave a record
of the place where the bubbles came
up for their STandchildren rather than
to put tht-m into .such compano s with
tht 1 opi that th would .r itit
1 i k ;i. t'i. m or t1'. ir iri ui.!. h l.n . n
UiK of. Ov.r uoual rKiali s iijjt
The best lands for this crop are In the
southern part of the country. Rubber
is very capricious, and it is most pro
ductive where there is plenty of water
in the soil, and where, nevertheless,
the dry season Is long. Rubber trees
grow well in Chiapas and Tabasco, two
states which will be opened up by the
Pan-American railroad.
A most interesting form of the rub
ber now being exported from Mexico
from a plant which prows wild on the
mgnianas ajiu wuiuu io uiujkiu& u
millions of dollars a year. Guayule
has long been known to contain rub
ber, but the rubber in it was thought
to be of little value. It Is now known
to be excellent. The supply, however,
is limited. Only a little comes from
each plant, and 375,000 tons is esti
mated to be the total possible output.
The best regions are now yielding
about a quarter of a ton per acre, and
although the territory where the plant
grows Is large, the area where it can
be profitably exploited is not as great
as that of South Carolina. It Is found
as far north as Texas and as far south
as Pachuca, In Mexico, having a native
age is less than 15 busneis per acre, habitat as large as California. But it
whereas it might be as much as in is fOUni only here and there, growing
the best parts of the states. There is at Varving altitudes and usually on
a big local demand for corn. The 8tony ground. The rubber in the mer-
cnantaDie pianis ranges irum j lo u
percent of the weight, and so far the
most of the product has been from the
wild plants. Salvador Madero. of Mon
terey, who Is largely Interested in the
Industry, tells me that attempts to
force the growth of one crop by Irri
gation have been failures. The plants
thrive, but they yield no rubber to
speak of. I understand that $60,000,
000 is now invested in the industry.
Mexico IVerks TJnele Sam's Jawn.
There la another product here In
which Americans have been making a
great deal of money. This Is chicle,
which forms the base of our chewing
gums, and of which we consume mil
lions of pounds every year. Chicle
comes from the sap of the sapote tree,
which Is tapped for the purpose. The
sap is collected In about the same way
as that of the sugar maple: save that
the trees, instead of having holes bored
into them, are cut in V-shaped incis
ions and the sap flows out into a
trough at the center and drops into a
pail at the foot of the trunk.
The chicle trees grow only In the
tropics. They are from 40 to 50 feet
high and they have a pear-like fruit.
It costs little to take care of them.
They are planted at about 10 feet
apart, or about 400 to the acre, and
they should yield at eight or ten years.
Kach tree will produce five or six
pounds of gum. and If carefully tapped
should continue to produce for 20 years.
The chicle industry Is now con
ducted by a trust operated under a
concession from the Mexican govern
ment, which gets a certain percentage
of the product In 1910 the exports of
the gum were in the neighborhood of
Jl.000.000. and It Is estimated that In
bulk they were sufficient to have made
a Washington monument of solid chew
ing gum blocks.
Plans for auto trips to points In
Arizona liar, done much to stimulate
interest in ond roads. Orrat number
of car. fro'n Phoenix are to 111 ik( thi'
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present methods are raae. ana tne corn
Is shelled out by hand. Still, It is the
staple food of two-thirds of the people,
and the price for a number of years
past has been double that of the United
States. It is the same with wheat,
Mexico not raising near enough of
either grain to feed her own people.
The methods of wheat growing are
exceedingly crude. On the smaller
farms the grain Is cut by hand, and In
some places thrashed out by driving
oxen over it. In the state of Sonora
every locality has its thrashing pita.
These are about 30 or 40 feet in diame
ter and one or two feet deep. The
bottoms of such pits are pounded
smooth and treated so that they are as
hard as If covered with concrete. The
wheat Is thrown Into the pit and the
grain trodden out by the feet of horses
or donkeya The wheat Is then cleaned
bv throwing if against the wind, which
blows away the chaff, the wheat fall
ing on a sheet or blanket .On the
larger haciendas modern machinery Is
used, and there are some which have
steam thrashers and steam plows.
Trepleal AarneHimre.
ti ffnnira of Mexico seem to
be
:-ii ..aHm tn AmAFlnni.
vpt;ciiijr am ..- - - -- ----
There are extensive tracts on the east
ern and western sides of the country,
rising from the seacoast to the moun
tains, which have every climate known
to man. The lowlands jrlll grow all
sorts of tropical fruits, aid higher up
are coffee and cacao.
Experiments have shown that tea can
be produced, and also ginger, nutmegs
and spices. There are some profitable
cacao plantations, this fruit having
been raised since the times of the Ax
tecs. As to coffee, the trees thrive
almost anywhere at an elevation of
from 2500 to 4000 feet and from 500
to 1000 trees can be grown on one acre.
The production of coffee last year was
about 86.000,000 pounds. The coffee
costs about 7 cents a pound to raise,
nick, clean and sack, whereas the sell
ing price at the plantations for it is
about 11 c nts a pound An acre should
product f . om 2" to "no pounds
Rubber Cuayu-e.
V u ! v- h 1 i -rr it d. 1 Tn the
ti..t'l eiit's ubjut X'-Xican rubber
. ! e at JUn i.
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