Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-22 | Page 23 | Land Question in Mexico Has Bitter Sequel

r HAND N I HAS HASI r Sf P Private te Owners Owners Continue I J to F Fight lg h t P Policy 0 II ICY 0 of f j Expropriation p iati l I h M By GESFORD D F. F FINE II f United nI pe Prea Staff Corr pon ent tEXICO tEICO CIr 21 UP UP- UP t T The most most cOI complicated f of f Mc Mexico's remaining I nato national at o I l' l problems that probleMs th ms that t tf f o f expropriating x aUng tl g privately tel owned n an nuI l distributing It It l the the peons ls' ls now Is-now now re receiving receiving- careful at t fro from th the government Along the petrol petroleum un and r re- re difficulties the the land nd ld ques ques- ifon b been beena en a 11 source of or grief ir In In for br ye years rs Both oil and the contre controversies e now O sc tied ted at least temporarily yerO sini- sini jId I Id ot of Sol solution tan as with will the grand that has resulted the governments nUs expropriation t lion tion e I acres of land for rorI indian farmers I Hu Hundreds 1 dr ds of ot pla claims are arc P pending I against the thc government b because cauRe o bj of i th the seizure of or these lands sands Of ot the acres cles the gOVern government lent has taken taken- only belong to f foreigners The North American hue hare was vas was relatively b. b small only I r- r acres R. R Next to Mexicans ns the Sj Spaniards have given up Ul the land rb The t total t. t l amount of t claims against th the federal treasury treasury- for br or orI ti seizures J I r 8 can be b estimated It Itis I Js is somewhere from frOn fifty to two d and fifty million n dollars case cases cases' have been setU settled d for tor s Seven Seyen y n of oC th the American claims arp are Included In InI tio which li l have l b ceh paId I those I ave t I S UDIES SITU SITUATION T r I In the same e W way y l In ch ho himself in bringing about a an adjustment rit of the oil and ind Cath- Cath oUo problems ml United Stal States s Am Ambassador mi m- m 1 i bt 83 dor D Ay Jt W. W Morrow J Js is itow now I studying st the agrarian mattei matter mattel i act actually ally the tho latt latter r i o of I i. i It suc such concern concern to foreigners to-foreigners Cor rs as Os was ivas as I ld ll bil ll controversy o tro ez th the position of or it Morrow ant and tl the e United Unite 1 Sta stal States s sg government g is that an ex exI ex- ex 1 l 1 important 1 t principle Js Is at ake I Tills Is 15 simply the he q question ot of paying ng- ng for tox wh whatever t v r prope property ty is t taken En The he Mexican governments of ot expropriation atlon is upheld en en- but Morrow I contends that rt which CEl cannot ot b be purI purchased pur- pur pur pur- I chased at i the thO th time It is taken not C be be- seized I Io o the past several past s veral years e rs the th lands th the federal sand kand I state ate go governments have expropriated been en paid for r In In a agrarian Tarlan bonds They The are worth at this i om 15 to 15 ce cetRY tRY IJ oh on n the J jes e p Iri some cases owners have lC refused I t to accept Hie b bo bonds ds PRICES S 9 ON ASSESSMENTS I 1 has bas been especially true In In eases a where have contended con- con tended U t the government estimate esti esti- mate mat of vaT e of t the land was far below the actual value 1 r the method o of computing the amount to be p paid ld f for ex expropriation tion I Is based on the tax assessment the atthe lowest figure possible t and pro r the Uie owner cannot object to the extremely lot lort prices h 1 ho l receives ec I th Ute general en ril problem of ot seizing seizing- land l tid there re have been all Kinds kindA of f local difficulties l The The- law JJ b n mIsI misinterpreted In In- In stances 5 by other othel section section- 1 Authorities In the tiLe api capital l it Js 15 i realized that that- l ab one orio of the llie m most t 1 of or the thc question At times even ugh th the federal oy opp opposed sro t to the he 1 pra practices ra t pf f he local officials ls it ia n n p power a se of ot p political p reason reasons to stop s them As pe ce co continues J ID- ID Mexico however er It Is hoped ped to unify thel the l' l administration the law lawand and put I I t C s sti lt h c nt on A strong trong strong central g government will naturally b bre tO to a 11 rc i uniform n form c Uon J p f