THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, P As THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1808. ————————— MR. BRYAN | ON MEXICO. Tells the New York World What He Saw There. PROSPERITY UNDER FREE SILVER. Mills Multiplying, Real Estate Rising, Ex. ports Expanding, Wages Steady and No Fall Io Prices ss In the United States. American Prod. Mexioenn Markets For ucts, [Copyright, 1808, by the Press Publishing Co., Now York World, All rights reserved. ) The reading which I did preparatory to my visit to Mexico revealed to how little I had known of the history of that country, past and current. In this connection I acknowledge my in. debtedness to Senor Romero, the Mexi- can minister at Washington, for ad vanced proofs of his book, just issuing from the press, descriptive of Mexico at the present time. Senor Romero, be- sides being a student of great industry and research, thoroughly with our language, and his book will be * of great value to both republics in that it gives to the people of the United full and authentic information regard to our ne ghix r the The readers of The § interested in a brief me of the facts which cs bservation du 0 land of the Aztecs me 18 States on ring y 1 ana First. —That Mexi place to visit. Travel on is as safe, as com ] the Unit as in Mexico Kan sxs rout th f t { 18 wil ity | . tral at El The weat 1K the Ww high ho fir rN to Vera ( the nity to « As both the rain With this seaport to 5 Ary the time. The new railroa ing from the City of Mex rises 2,500 feet almost within the City of Mexico, and th 5,000 feet to Cuernavaca, terminus, The thres, peaks Popo “opef zt teroceanic ads « t the ti [R41 seenery the Ww «x catepetl and Iztace City of Mexico largest of the view from ( be seen from a point road near Puebl Catl fore the landi: public architecture Chapultepec, a filled with rar and a muse relics of a civilizati discovery « f the nernavacs buildings from he ropeans-—all and instruct. Second. —That while more 5 and possesses greats surpass the Mexic in the court aris strangers those inhabitants, « Mexico Friendly io the United States, Third. —~That the Mex entertain a very friendly fos the citizens of the United States heartily desire a cont of amicable relation w existing bet the two nations, Fourth. —That Mexico the United States in the snpport of the Monroe doctrine, having realized only 80 years ago the dangers attendant upon an attempt to extend monarchioal in stitutions upon the western hemisphere, Fifth. —That President Diaz is en tirely deserving of the encomiums be- stowed upon him by his own people, by resident Americans and by visitors. He has a genius for public affairs, onder. stands the condition and needs of his people and has their confidence to a de- gree seldom enjoyed by an executive, either hereditary or elective. While the advantages of a stable government are now so generally recognized that his death or resignation would not disturb the existing order of things, yet his qualifications have been so amply proved and his administration so completely successful that his people are unani- mous in the hope that he may yet enjoy many years of official life, Hidalgo, the warrior priest, who led the movement which resulted in inde. pendence, is called the Mexican Wash. ington. Juarez, who successfully de. fended his country against Maximilian, was the second great Mexican leader of the nineteenth century. President Diaz, himself a brave general, by restoring order, establishing the supremacy of the civil law and perfecting the system of public education bas earned for himself sod will enjoy in history a place by the side of Hidalgo and Juarez. Hixth. «That the public men of Mex- foo are not inferior to our own in intel ligence, education and general informa: tion. Benor Mariscal, secretary of for eign affairs, adds to great ability long experience as a diplomat and is worthy of comparison with the premiers of the leading nations of the world, Senor Limantaur, secretary of finance, is a most accomplished gentleman and has exhibited superior skill in the manage. ment of the fiscal affairs of the republic, The other cabinet officers, governors, members of the national and state con- grosses, mayors, ote,, whom I met were, without exception, men of refinement and scholarly attainments, Seventh, —That the English language | oan is being taught more and more exten Mn anthorities rd and the ling towa inuation sh ween is as firm as familiar | | of M: Xi eively each year and is now understood aud spoken By most of the public men or by members of their families. I was informed that a majority of the mem- bers of the federal congress could un- derstand a speech delivered in our lan- guage. The leading hotels and stores have clerks who can speak English, so that travel and traffic are made easy. Advances In Educational AfMailfs, Eighth. — Mexico is making substan tial progress in education. The public schools are free and attendance is com- pulsory. The president and those asso ciated with him in authority are put ting forth every possible effort #o im prove the system of instruction and to bring all the children under the infla- ence of the schoolteacher, As an illus- tration, in the state of Mexico the num. ber of schools has increased more than 100 per cent within the last ten years, and the number of pupils in attendance shows an equal increase. The girls and boys enter school upon an equal footing, and the ambition of the pupil is stimu lated by the offer of rewards for merit. It was our good fortune to be invited to witness the distribution of prizes | for the schools of the federal district. Nothing impressed me more than the scene here presented. President Diaz delivered the awards to several hundred boys and girls. The Indian and the Spaniard, the rich and the poor, all mingle together in the public schools and with each other for the prizes. The state not only furnishes instruction in the elementary branches, but pro vides industrial training for both boys pormal schools for teachers for students of Diaz re made by Von ronan sche out President remark f the Cae inted | standard aati ns, and while tover 812,000 interest aoc aity in doing so, becaus condition of the nation’s ind The government is not only meeting its expenses, but has a surplos In} ) the producers of wealth have untered the prices whi er this fpeTOous ustries Mexi disastrous fall in h has afflicted all the gold ard countries 1878. While has fluct the fluctua only affected foreign trade, and hile of impor grea level evel stands fines ex Inge nated, nil the the n, ompared with maiz ntirely disag w 1 t tain f ar wi en iu a high Jority of ¥ desire t I the or y United 8 in exchange ms in prices No Desire The Unit standard has prov last a des ' while 7,000, 04 ast their votes for " to Abandon Silver, « tat sx | i States has | SL Ire I I 0s on ailismmn, candidates pled inter: nal The goid standard has been #0 disastrous that even a Republican ad ministration is asking foreign nations to help us to get rid of it a he people the gold standard atic metaliisim y could ade pt if they desired to do and yet no con siderable number of them wish to aban #0, | don silver Tenth.—That Mexico is more pros perous today than ever before. Her in dustries are increasing in number and importance. Near Orizaba is a cotton mill of immense proportions. The com- pany operates 18,000 looms and 70,000 spindles. The plant bas earned more than 16 per cent a year on the capital stock during the last five years, has been enlarged at the rate of more than 10 per cent per annum during that time, and the company is preparing to add 500 looms and 12,000 spindies this year. At San Luis Potosi I found a cot- ton factory owned by an American The proprietor told me that he bad | | each state were ascertained by averages, | i¢ will be seen that the difference be- been enlarging his plant and found the business profiteble. 1 went through a new cotton factory at Monterey and learned of a large mill now wnder con | struction at Guadalajara. There are a number of cotton mills also in the neighborhood of Pueblo. The manufacture of woolen goods, the manufacture of hats, the manufac- ture of boots and shoes and the brewing | 1816 and 18834 England bad a gold of beer are all growing industries. The silk industry is in its infancy, but a | Frenchman has planted over 8,000,000 | | money in common use, and yet laboring mulberry trees in the state of Guana Juato within the lest few years and i» much encouraged over the success thus | | ard nations, Ay Japan, until recently, | woined silver at a ratio almost identical with ours, and yet the progress of Japan | far achieved. | visited a silk factory which he had recently opened in the suburbs of the City of Mexico The preminm on gold has acted as a wall to keep out foreign competition and at the same time has given a sub- stantial bounty upon exports. While 1 was in Mexico the gold premiom varied from $1.05 to $1.10, and 1 shall there fore take 1.10 as an average. In 1878 the Mexican dollar commanded a pre mimn of about § cents over our gold dollar. At that time a yard of cloth worth a dollar in the United States or Europe, when imported by Mexico, would be Orth bows #7 cents in Mox- money plus transportation and tariff, Now, with gold at a premivm of $1.10, n yard of cloth worth a dollar in the United Btates or Europe is worth $2.10 in Mexican money plus trans. portation and tariff, Where the gold price bus fallen one-half the Mexican price is about the that it was in 18748. On the other hand, those who export from Mexico have a great advantage over competitors living in gold standard countries, For instance, a coffee raiser in Mexico because of the rise in ex change bus fared moeh better than the planter who bas cultivated coffee on a gold basis and who had found his in- come diminishing while his debts and fixed charges refused to fall. One of the gold men of my own state has laid aside his political scruples sufficiently to in- vest in a large tract of land pear Tam- pico, upon which he is planting the coffee berry. He is not the only Ameri- can citizen who is seeking in Mexico the prosperity for which be voted in the United States, Large Importations of Raw Materials, rama The cotton mills of Mexico now con- sume more cotton than Mexico pro duces, but the acreage is increasing. If, as some expect, they find it possible to produce upon Mexican soil all the cot. ton needed by their mills, the Mexicans will become dangerous competitors of the gold standard countries. At present they are hu apped by having to im port so large a proportion of their raw material. In reply to the argument that met that wo nae 18 8 Mes made. can protect high only do » by 1 namely, manuiact our tux ntend that 1T duties] oo tage under now labor hard buys pri th chal Aria stances by Ameri ported g El higher on ar SEVEN, - ret WB WAROS In ar making allowas Differences That Cannot Be Ignored bw Ars Duriz undaries f aiffe Ex hn wi OWI ¢ great to Harris Rusk “Wages of States’ (Reg year 16 of this report contains a tab) ing that in 1502 the farm labor (without board) was 812 per month in South Carolina, #18. 30 in North Carolina, $13.50 in Georgia and $135.75 in Alabama, while in California the wages paid were $36.50 and in the state of Washington $37.50, the average for all the states for that year being $18.60. For farm labor with board the wages varied from $5.40 to 825 and averaged $12.54 The report says that white farm labor in the United States received $282 per annum ; that the same labor received about §1560 in Great Britain and $90 in Germany. I refer to this report because it was issued by Republican authority and shows that under the operation of the same financial system and the same tariff system farm labor received three times as much in one part of the Union our renoes § g President stration Mecretary ume In 3 AVETARe WaRes | a8 it did ju another part. When it is remembered that the wages paid in tween the best paid labor and the poor. ost paid labor is still greater. The re- port also shows that in the United | Btatea Caucasian farm labor receives | more than three times as much as the | same labor receives in Germany, al though both countries have a gold stand ard and a protective tariff. Between standard and the United States bad a double standard, with silver as the men were better off here than in Eng land. Turkey is one of the gold stand was so great that Mr, Cleveland come second term, The gold standard advo- cate who would consider it unfair to compare Japan and Torkey does not | hesitate to blame silver for “he low wages of the peons of Mexico. In all the leading cities of Mexico can be found people from the United States, England, Germany and France ~=all drawn from gold standard coun: tries by the advantages offered in Mexi- co. Few have gone from the United States to Canada, where yA have the gold standard and speak ihe English o language, but in Mexico, where an ( American citizen is compelled to learn irely new langug 130, there are ul- ready several American colonies, and the number is constantly increasing. Some in b for themselves, orking for and they stay althaogh they at liberty to return whenever they seo an opportuni- ty to better their condition in the United oiates Twelfth, Real es Mexico, Public and Ents are In progross of the largest cities of surpassed by none an nn cud nro (FS FPTEET BOING WwW WHORE, there, unre tate is rising in the republic and beauty, rivate lmprove- | J | | doctors who could Clundalajara, one | n i has ro- | cently decided to put in a complete sys- | tem of sewerage and waterworks, work of constructing the sewers was let to a New Jersey contractor last month, Monterey has recently laid con siderable brick pavement, and the capi- | tal has nearly completed a sewerage tunnel through a mountain range. Electricity is taking the old tirss street lantern, the shoe is gradually supplanting the sandal, and the coat is winning against the Berape, It would be unfair to give to Mexico's financial policy credit for all the prog- ress which the country has made in the last 25 years. Her government and her government officials lu contributed much to her development by giving se- curity to life, protecti perty Ih and stimulus to educat We pre sument Was Spared ountry ught as vali ‘And the old town of Columbia caused it to be Paine of the One fourth Ohio regiment South Carolina owe him a de itude they never pay.'’ Inter Ocean as much antly.’ still stand The preserved was loneld Hundred and Twenty , and the aople of the wh is iD palnett man of grat can hicago Dante and Purgatory, place of the The { and | my former condition for | dollar | nently rid of Dante's conception of the nature and | purpose of the pains of purgatory stands in very marked contrast to the popular ideas of the middle ages. In a word, there is no trace in Dante of any arbi. trary or viodictive punishment in pur. gatory. No one can fail to feel the dif. erence~-oven when they resemble in some of the details inflicted-—between the punishments in hell and those in what Milton has beautifully described #8 ‘the milder shades of purgatory.’ As Mr. Ruskin bas expressed it: In purgatory it is no longer a question as to “what the sinner bas done, but only what evil feeling is still in bis heart, or what good, when purified, his nature is noble enough to receive.’ The whole purpose of the punishment is to enable the sufferer to eradicate and conquer what St. Paul calls “‘the motions of ¥in, which no man can see the Lord,” to subjugate completely the rebel will, Not only are the punishments i: vor gatory appropriate in kind for this ob« Jecteethere is never anything degrad- ing, grotesque or insulting about them, as is often the case in the *‘Iuforno' but besides the punishment there are provided on each cornice subjoots for | constant meditation by day and by mented upon it in a message during his | night, both of the virtue to be acquired and the vioe to be eradicated. The in. stant this purpose is accomplished the soul is set free, and there is joy over the whole realms of purgatory at its Hberation, The time required in each | case, until “'infectuin eluitor scelus | may be long or short, but that is its ab. solute limit, neither more nor less Thus Dante imagines Statins to have expiated the sin of acoldia, or spiritual sloth, for four centuries, und that of avarice for five centories more, — Forte | nished room for the fall term of Jf { only LY '" to acquire that ‘holiness without | and i Ty xh. Is a deep-seated blood disease which all the mineral mixtures in the world cannot cure, 8.8.8. (guaranteed purely vegelable jis a real blood remedy for blood diseases and has no e qual, Mrs. ¥.T. Buck, of Delaney, Ark., had Scrofuls for twenty-five years and most of the time was under the care of the not relieve her, A specialist said he could cure her, but he filled her with arsenic and potash which almost ruined her constitution. She then took nearly ¢ every so-called blood medicine and drank \ them by the wholesale, “>but they did not reach ‘her trouble. Some one advised her totry 8.8.8. and she very soon found that she had a real 3 lood remedy at last. She pays: “After t ing one dozen bottles of 8.8.8. g perfectly well, my skin is clear healthy and I would not be in two thousand upthe poison potash and di1s¢ Was tak am Instead of dryi like drove in 4 the the and 1 in my sy g Arsenic be through Jae skin, ase out perma A Rei Blood Remedy. 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