| Show MEXICO AND THE MORMONS EASTE EASTERN RN papers have pub publia pretty extensively reports of the cess of mormon colonizers colon izera mexico with more or less legs accounts of the migration utah uta as aa though the saints w almost evacuating this territory following is translated from revesta revista international Inter nacional publish publisher juarez mexico and will be read interest as coming from the ne beig hood in mexico where tile the mom are located in few parts of the republic has colonization given as good results as an hew h the proof of this assertion Is that it iff V rare thing that colonies are found in ift 9 1 flourishing a condition as those have been established within the aft W six years in this district t this is without doubt due in the thesila silt place to tb the just eJust equitable and beffi of the authorities of dispositions t d Is position state as aa well as the district who all the means at their disposal vis e t ty Y the progress and advance aked for chihuahua the seco second nd fac tit of which has powerfully aided in the ut of the colonies is the in and honesty of the colonists atry try SiT chives SoSt t any exaggeration whatever be said that among the A ims that V form the colonies of diaz A 18 a djos pacheco Pac beco and dublan aria not a single dr drunkard dunkard gambler IS the efforts of all are rated for their mutual welfare Cent 3 art these colonies may be justly ap arf 0 the celebrated phrase that the ad that bat talks the leat is the most oman anous a in D years past P we have bad ivine 0 U companies who with their onizine izing on nash have filled whole col K of periodicals of both hemis 1 forming thousands of projects promises that they never a winking king fulfill fulfil they seated invested important A of ney money iu in the construction of hotels pleasure gard gardens eDs etc 4 wj toe large retinue of employed emp loyes and ah atee a but in a few years the funds sie 8 shareholders were exhausted themselves obliged to Z found hey state of inaction ina a complete ln ent entirely irely different policy has been by the colonies of this E wed aney have worked like the S wt and constantly they pretended tended to make from ung not air ore 4 ted lani aa J campos eleseos Elis eos ja in novy rom an uninhabited ted place afee take cities spring up that will rival at american centres bentres cen tres their vira art have been con confined fined to legitimate w ia i e cultivate a rich soil which duce acle ucle abundantly needs nothing than I 1 an tb hand of man g guiding f colonists referred to the k alow w plo gathered cambered thetha themselves elves together standard of mexico liberal t 11 he not land speculators in dis die are accustomed to the people bi but lit f Ia laborers borers and among them are masters of their artisans Arti ti who are they arrive in the reto leti ions na w with th one wagon or two as the be each with its respective may ma Y animals and with their tools L implements AD ain auts of agriculture and in P which con constitute statute the only t hat miny of them possess but with them something of 0 b irli w te value than go gold id or bank notes Q A I 1 fiat is the lo ION 43 of labor practice soil hae of the soil and a 1 cal 61 knowledge knowledg re of agriculture in foiled states from where chirs most have been obliged they i 00 come me milend with sterile ster il lands elands and with ore of raw cold winters and those obstacles overcome have ave beautiful country is toasted on band and and abounds everywhere fertile fields under a benign sky re B t the lie scorching heat of summer 4 be 09 glacial isaial colds of winter are un the arrival of the colonists the fla apportions to each the needed immediately work is be fand the laud land cleared off and labor incessantly while the t is 18 deposited in the ground all the husband the wife the elder idren ind nd even the little fellows aw r a ra p the he seed in the ground the mot required for the care of their 14 t to is utilized by laboring on the farms of their neighbors thus gai gaining n sufficient to live jive upon until they can gather their own crops at first they live in a rude hut but this is replaced in a few years by a commodious house surrounded with flowers and fruit trees and amply furnished wherein reigns the most complete tranquility and wherein they enjoy the fruits fruite of their own labor they dont squander the morley money they have earned by the sweat of their brow they practice true economy and only provide the necessaries saries and they use their surplus means to increase the productiveness of their land to purchase more always being careful not to go beyond their means rhe fhe oldest colony is the colony diaz which contains nearly a thousand souls with clean streets lined with shade trees on either side the greater part of the houses are made with and are commodious and it is a very rare thing to see one without its orchard and garden for however poor the colonist colonis may be his first eare care is to plant out fruit trees diaz has several industrial establishments lish ments a church school and drug store but dear readers they have neither a saloon billiard hall nor any place whatever where mescal is sold consequently they have no need of a jail nor have they one in any of the colonies there are seldom any com nth or quarrels and scandals are entirely unknown in the colonies the head bead of the colony diaz is dr W derby johnson Juh jr a gentleman in every sense of the word he to Is alao as agent nt and general man manager r of the north mexican pacific ailway railway an en enterprise ter prise of which we will write in our next issue the representative of all these colonies is mr A P F macdonald a person advanced in years and a man of strict integrity and great experience and is a very energetic and finished gentleman the colonies are made up of german americans english and spanish all honorable laboring people which fact is proven by their works thoy they really come with the firm intention of making mexico their adopted home and not abandoning it after they have made a stake the colonies of our district show that to enjoy peace and plenty nothing is needed but a love of labor an and d constancy in cultivating the soil which will amply reward the lab laborer for his intelligent eff efforts orts |
