| Show war prices P r i c te s AT died 1 e d ha urd ard in 1 11 1 1 1 tampico iam JV M 1 C money came easily in medicos cos oil metropolis and was spent with lavish hand everything WENT SKY HIGH prosperity continued after Mo most other communities were experiencing setback city it ie now undergoing readjustment washington americans who saw prices skyrocket at home hoine and who saw themselves and their neighbors nearly near lose their sense of money values would have felt thoroughly thoro tit nt lionie home it in tampico the great mexican oil town during the lust last few years says a bulletin issued from the washington headquarters of the lie national geographic society this wits was trie the port to 16 which united states gunboats gun boats were sent recently when tins the closing down of american oil wells and refineries because of heavy Alex mexican ican taxes throw thousands of men out ot of work and disorders borders dl were feared floated to prosperity on oil Tamp leo long a port of no great importance has had it a mushroom oll growth in III tins the last fifteen years yeara continues tile the Us its population increasing from less than lit in 1000 1003 to ta welliver today anti and the explanation tor for tills this great stride forward can call he be given in III one word oll oil biggest 1 I gubber gub Igus her lier tile the world lias has r was drilled near tampico in 1005 and scores of other huge streams of oil lune have been opened up in the same vicinity since Ilund hundreds reds of millions of gallons of oil have passed through tampico and the town tins hus been the financial and business busl nesa head quarters for fields many miles away money aloney flowed easily into the pockets of a large number of Aine american rican managers and technical workers who were brought in dud and into the hands of 0 mexican lati landowners downers merchants and day laborers ahe world war raised tile the demand tor for liquid fuel to 16 unheard of heights and it seemed that everyone in tampico wits was becoming wealthy conditions closely paralleled those in the oil towns of the united states bilk shirts were not tile tho vogue that they were among the loungers along every american main alain street hut but in III their way Tani became equally as proficient L spenders Rp enders there was littie inclination to count the change the cost of nil all articles of food and apparel rose tremendously intents soared oared 11 until ordinary accommodations tor for americans Amerl AmerI cars could not be obtained for much under to W per mouth month because tho the war industries 0 of the world required petroleum no less than ld tile the navies of tile the fight fag nations during the war Tam picos prosperity continued after most other communities whose busi business neds was waa quickened by the war were experiencing a setback now belatedly the city la Is undergoing the readjustment that cattle to tile lie rest of the world has more freight than vera cruz although tampico owes owea tta its prosperity predominantly to oil it has other factors that hint to its importance thanks to ft a railroad from connecting with the mining region of north central mexico and to excellent harbor improvements tin the town Is nil an important port of entry and export it tins lias surpassed vera cruz lit in the bulk of 0 commodities linn han died though tile the latter city probably Is hj the tit port of entry for products of greater aggregate value the city of tampico Is not directly on oil tile the seacoast sen coast const but Is situated a few miles up the lie river which Is broad and deep and affords ru anchorage for a large number of ocean going ships at the mouth of tile stream of la karra darra Is 18 a supplemental harbor near the latter place Is one of tile the finest sort sea benches beaches to be found until tampico found its burled treasure mid and shook off its I 1 horgy it was vas tin an exceedingly ucher y place pince often being subject to of yellow fever drainage and tile the application of other modern methods of sanitation have greatly improved tile the health conditions the families of numerous american and english employees or the big oil companies have moved lit in and it a thriving english speaking colony exists lit in the lie higher western vestern part of tit the city |
