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Show I PROSPERITY AWAITS PEACE IN MEXICO ''Prosperity awaits the advent of peace la Mexico," says J. M. Devis. agent general gen-eral or the. Qoodyear Tire & Rubber company in that country, with headquarters headquar-ters at Ave Juarez, S4 Mexico, D. F. "It sterns to me." hie aays, "lhat the whole world Is waiting, just waiting, with Pockets full of money to throw Into the republic when peace Is restored." Mr Davis has been In Mexico for the last Ave years, engaged In various Industrial In-dustrial enterprises. HH hay studied thc-ftfexlcati thc-ftfexlcati Situation closely and has been In touch with, native and business conditions con-ditions generally. "How soon do you expect peace?" he was asked. "Not later than six or eight month?," he replied. ' .Mexico has the brightest outlook of an nation in the world,' he continued, "nnd It Is my firm belief that Don Francisco Maderd lfi well able to pilot the; Mexican nation to where It belongs. ' "And where doe3 It belong?" he was asked. "Right at the top," lie answered earnestly ear-nestly Mr Davis has great expectations for the automobile and automobile tire business busi-ness in his country. "Not many years ago," he said, "very few cars B year were imported into the republic, but now fully 400 or .".Oft American-made cars are shipped annually, and this number Is Increasing rapidly." Mr Davis spent a week at the factory fac-tory of the Goodyear Tire ft Rubber ompariy at Akron. O.. and before leaving leav-ing for the company's Mexican branch the iioRinning of August, he vlsit-f vlsit-f ! several of the larger cities In the cast and Detroit in the middle west. |