Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-03-16 | Page 2 | Diaz Makes Promises

DIAZ MAKES PROMISES. Government to Purchase Bin Estates and Parcel Out at Lov Price. MEXICO' flTV. March I.V--Application of the suggestion made by Minister of Finance. Llmantour In his reeont Pars Interview that the big estates throughout through-out tho republic should ho patcel'cd among small Individual owners as a desirable de-sirable reform measure was said to have been promised by President Diaz to a committee of agi culturallsts from Metz-titlan. Metz-titlan. state of illrinlso. at a conference recently. The measure is to become effective ef-fective after tho rebellion has ceased an I the llnanclal losiies resulting therefrom l:nvo been recouped. E! Heraldo today quoted the executive as having assured the members of the committee thai the division of the estates es-tates in question was ono of the measures meas-ures which he proposed to acconipl.sh in the near future. According to Manuel Ortiz, head of (he committee, the plan Is that the government govern-ment purchase these tracts and sell them to natives at oquilanle prices, permitting permit-ting payment to be nialle In installment's through a period of ten to fifteen years. The method by which the government shall accomplish Ihe purchnse- of the land was not staled. The citizens of Metz'. llan sought the conference with General Olaz to present a protest against an alleged effort by an Irrigation company to selzo their holdings In Hida'go.