Show f 1 i S Why Mexico Is Poor j on Mexico say there is enough EXPERTS i gold not gold not ore in mines but smelted bullion bul bul- bul- bul lion buried lion buried in Mexico to pay the national debt and set the country on its feet In spite of Centuries of disorder and lack of banks tl's may may be an exaggeration as to minted i oid- oid Ja but it has always been the case as to f the tie natural mineral resources of the country Mexico exico is rich richi and has been producing wealth for or centuries And yet Mexico is poor without free capital to develop its resources 5 The T e trouble is that Mexico has never reind reinS reinVested rein rein- S Vested Eted d its income in in pr productive equipment U 1 vast product of mineral wealth has gone s one of it to the loot of conquerors some v jt it back into the ground in hidden and andt t Ilist hoards some sonic of it into the ornaments i j and most of the rest into the lh l hands of a a. luxury loving class who sent it Qt of the country for imported wines silks Jels L els and works of art or spent it abroad ILle e result is that Mexico is a land of wealth lTd d poverty luxury and squalor of culture i ignorance d ignorance but not of productive capital S What it lacks i is not resources but a system to put them to use |