Barbarous Mexico . vernment. Here they hud-dle about on the ground, shivering in the cold, for fewnights in that altitude are not so cold that covering is notsorely needed. In the morning they travel back to theheart of the city, there to pit their feeble strength againstthe Powers that are conspiring to prevent them fromearning a living; there, after vain and discouraging strug-gles, at last to fall into the net of the labor agent, whois on the lookout for slav^es for his wealthy clients, theplanters of the lowland states. Mexico contains 767,000 square miles. Acre for acre,it is as rich as,
Barbarous Mexico . vernment. Here they hud-dle about on the ground, shivering in the cold, for fewnights in that altitude are not so cold that covering is notsorely needed. In the morning they travel back to theheart of the city, there to pit their feeble strength againstthe Powers that are conspiring to prevent them fromearning a living; there, after vain and discouraging strug-gles, at last to fall into the net of the labor agent, whois on the lookout for slav^es for his wealthy clients, theplanters of the lowland states. Mexico contains 767,000 square miles. Acre for acre,it is as rich as, if not richer than the United States, Ithas fine harbors on both coasts. It is approximately asnear the worlds markets as are we. There is no naturalor geographical reason why its people should not be asprosperous and happy as any in the world. In point ofyears it is an older country than ours. It is not over-populated. With a population of 15,000,000, it haseighteen souls to the square mile, which is slightly less. AVAIFS, MOTHER AND SON, IN A MESON. TWENTY THOUSAND SLEEP THIS WAY EVERY NIGHT IN DIAZS CAPITAL ALONE. FLASHLIGHT I5Y THE AUTHOR
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