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Show "It la Interesting to notice how the different forelrn naUon&UUee control the various Industries in Mexico," said J. 7. BrU of Oaxaoa, Mexico. "Ton will find it all over that republic v.The French have aL-r.oit complete monopoly of the dry good. trade. The, Spaniards control the grocery business of the republic re-public All of the hardware lines are In the hands of the Oermana. The Americana Ameri-cana and English are supreme in mining mi-ning &nd In tropical agriculture. One of the things which will do much to promote pro-mote the business interests of Mexico is the bill which soon will be passed to regulate the ratio of exchange of Mex!- can sliver And American gold. Heretofore, Hereto-fore, the fluctuations In exchange have caused much trouble and delay. The new law will establish the exchange at J00, and the Government wUl bind itself to maintain that rate. "Mexican Industries are showing remarkable re-markable . growth, largely - through American capital and brains, bit we are often prone to underestimate the part which other foreigners art playing in Mexico's development. "A far as life in the republic Is concerned, con-cerned, the cost of living Is low as long as one Is content to live on native products. pro-ducts. Jlm soon as ho wants Imported things, however, he pays tieble prices for them. In our mines, the natives earn from t7 to 7S cents a day in Mexican Mexi-can currency, and they live well off that turn. Every one m a while, however, some American goes down there, overflowing over-flowing with what ha thinks are humanitarian hu-manitarian motives. It never does any good, however, for if the Mexican can earn enough in three days to live for six, he will loaf the remainder of the "Prtmltiye methods are still In use In many of the mines because qf this cheapness of labor. In one of our mines from which 1300,000 worth of or was taken, the or was carried up a shaft 200 feet deep on the backs of the natives, na-tives, who climbed up s notched pole, 'chicken ladder as we called It." |