A few months ago-I Re one of ro1. tri in,

the inerlor eo, For so- tee wee I re on

region o. as the eca Alia an local-

In I I slted over 21 villages- this trip ad was able

ke ra eful bsvatlo of social d eeono.c condl-

: 0. secon stop-was at

Qultla (ralm-en-all-sies). This was a village

ef s 0 inhabitants of ich tee ske Snlsh an.e rest te,e.. e city, as have pet.i all

of those toh v&Ich we bee ssi, has eref-the s: i8 nhs il-x. S

yr re we 50 ( i,e. ev 11% ef he -,

eat, afteri the vill, was a f eile

-eggs, an le %ti!las.

uses pehe on -e sie of the nta slope is one of

the-est an st .for,saken which we ck on

the Whole t-rlp Th ople a

tly in the st abJe,ct verty. It has taken two

a If hos to find a few es for us to ea. There is

coffee. chocore. i!k, s, or- a.t in the whole

vi,e.... There is not even any foo f the horses.except a ncl of . The f problem for boh

beast i this tire area is a y seris oe. The

vernmet reeently sppre,sse one of the mall routes

this region becau it was possible for the mail

rler to fln- ythi to et in the vies along his

".o Sanit-conditions in thl vii-

ge (Si!a-ay) e a little r han usu ue to

its swhat largk pulatlon. The only wat supply for

so 5.000 ople is a single fotaln in the pla. and a

y little J that ns near the ege of the to.,

All y long

of all ages d sts Ippl ter rom the fntain

earryi it aw in large earthee pos or five iio

oil es balance on the two. s a le. There is no

here-a ll-x u typhoi a enemlc.. interesti index of the eent

to whichr c.ivilitlon has inva\e hs region ouhwkich we h.av been ssi is the fac . la nigh

he ft time since we lef Chpanelngo t we have

a Wheeled vehicle ef y sort

was an ol Cheolet truck wouln"t

oer s. ey objeer of any rt which st ve.

not evsn ny wheelbows The wheel

the dn wrl is u-ocki at the gates

The net-werk of rds whioh thet is slow

sin over the Republic are beg,i to have their

effect. T11e first autaobile actuly rnlng which

have seen in almost thr we was

-ntere th O bIng al; in so raculo

fashion ever nbelievabl roas --a it s loa wi"h

have prested thes few obsvations facts

eta, vill,s . t states of rrer Oaxea

m. I o nt wish to leave you, with the pessi tt the

which I ve us sket,c-e for you. Nor I effer the -teca Alta as neces.-saril: a typical, c-r.s cut ef :exl....-.o.:c As I

haw r:Y pointed out. it is possible to f: in Me:xio

-ev lvl of-eonoIc so:,elal :oo.n:it:ions from those of

the ..,-erl Inais off the. coast o ra who e reputed to

be: as primitive as a gup now livi on this ctinent to

hose of xlcc City, which pse-a the

ern clvilitlon alte cn. to the res: of e West-.

ern

Hever, i o. not lleve a.t I . mls.tan In say-

ha im a very

counicatlon: educaion ,:

.e Ala mea fa ie ef the .pl wi which,

greater or less geee all of rr te so.

extent n exlcc is face.

In oh’ words, if I may be all.ed e-an, state in genes81, an conceptual terms t/he eorete facts

which I have given you, I would y tlat th eca Alt.a

the .exican nt two fnta! oblems:

the one ha:ng it 1s a pblem Ln ctal Ineation ang

on the oth, it is a problem in economic efficiency.

Now the point Ich i wish to ke is: these are

cisely the basic and fd.ntal pblems which confront

the: xic natlon as a whole, The e of e.xi co ii e-

pend un the ability of the Fcan ople to fin an adequate

e two qes%ions,:

(I) H tc Kig an ahape a numb of aphlcaily

racally cultully dlsrate a ceratily elat.e

oups t.o a homogeneous, self-consclous unity arg a

(2) How t increase the ec eiclency a tton- Jor! f whose pu:Ion. still llve in he he

d e-er age with a st of living little re th

the ni ef subsistence?

In a ev! lecte

leh on he subJec

have pelnte ut to you ,e siIflcan-ce of eXice’s /ph-

in e northn eserts snd o the .southern an easter --taln slos ve tgh the aes e tiiy dlffe! de-

ns, upon the in.biters an how th ths ve up

in these vario%s re;:ions institutions, folays habits of

llfe 12 shrt., ultu.rs whlch rpent as t vsri-

s of Iverse nvl conditions ha aded th.e cul-

lly selill force of Islatlsn. I have pond ou

and %h eu.ltal tralts ls % one but eoun-

ehactistics., tItlons, cuser., .n.a blts ,of thght,

The probl of c,l Inatlon in eo, shoul

now be c .tut the nity of aduci r.-eenee-or rin ther illustratio: ow aa ico achieve

that rle which spices llfe., yet shew

r!ea in e het&s of the whole -ple at c-nt of corn-

I v id that the funament pr-oblem

the eeooic efficiency of rib nat on. For conveniene we may

Ivie the discussion of this jgestlon into two parts:

the stard of llvi an (b) wm$, for lk of 8 bter

rm, ! will ,call t.ehnologlea! competence.,

Reoenly one. of the ldin newspas in exco

Cij publishe a cartoon in which a profe,ss- is shown

states ds. .e xi:can Republle have?

In tt,tln to give you some idea of the stndar

of-living in present day exc.. I .s%m badly hpered by the

fact that no adequat and thoroughgoing studies Of wages or

co,st of llvin hv been e. There is probab!y-Bno-h ta

available, however, to suppert a few gsnel$ions in thi.s

mate on the basi of .satls ,te. in vious s ,ts the

a-i a ncessa for

For ..s Jp-cal ily

s ndar of living variedhe,essay for a mlni:n of cow,fort

subsistene would prably be a be.tter te to esite the

stanrd of livin possible to maintain on the basis- of the

estiate/d d.ilv .Ge th,n the phra-e uedo In the .seh.edule

for !borln families onl 15.5.0 pesos, for eaple,, per nth

is e, for rent and no !.rovision wtso_ver is ade for

such thins as health, s-nt, svlns, eaaat Ion, furn!-

Yet de.splte these. Io stites of the ineoe necessafor a "niniu tan.s,rd of co:ort, with few exetiens, atl

ges receipted in xico at the >resent time fall far short of

the theoretically desirable level, The actual aes paid in

1926 to agricultl lborers, for expls, va.rle,d from 60

e tvoc.. n a. -such sates a.s Zac-ateas, Lis Potos anGnaJua$o to S.60 lsos in northern Lw Ce&ifnia, T

ae aleltural wage in all states was l,l peses per day,

icultal laborsrs and theSr fmilie, you

represent the vast . jot ity of rkers in xieo, Coare

these fir-e-s f aotual wages received by arieulturai labr-

ers with the ne.s which I ve st given you for the theoret-

icily innm standard of living income for this ess of

wkers d you can draw our .own c-enciusions a Doint your

own morals. The average Inoe. of aiicultal borers

toughout the Republic fall short t’y <ore than 57% ef reaehi

the lowst theoretically deszable incoe in y state. These

statisi-.s give us me id of the situation of the agricul-

,8

FOOD Studies of foo consumption by vious csses .of

workers in exico be out in strSking fashion the conclusions

iuplieit In the statistics of wages d oo. o investl-

gations, for epls, e by e. art.rnt of Natlol Statis-

tics in this fiel sh onlusi.ly tt the s joriy of

the fad!los canvaed were aefinitely undernoishe d ab!e

with the wages aria arles which th reeeivea to et the

dary requirents of alh,

In one of these sud!es .an efft was de te st up

theeretlea! standards of the nber of calories "indispensable

for the maintsnance of llfe, i average families or vsm ious

classes of the- working population, Using these stanrds as a

base ( i.e. equal to i00 ) inaex nbers were calcated for

the actual nu2ber of calories eond by milles in each of

the several Iffent classes of workers in quest!on, Follow-

ng this proc-de it s foun in the state of exieo, for

exap.le, that certain classes of public J!oyee.s .d an index

’- prlvate employeesber of ,ae%ual ealorlc consptlon of 8.,

of a similar class 88 s2-lled laborers varle from 92 for

brlcayers to 70 for shers; while uskilled brers

range from 77 f ai,al work.s t-o for me works.

I o not feel that these brief sries which i

have given YoU of a few amlttedly incomplete-stu.gles shoul

be tn as fal proof tha a large part of the pulation

is coed by presen wage scales in exico o an istce

observation of lif afie outile of th re

littls to dibuse one of th l)ro.ssloa that a i-ge of

lives on a level litt.le raoved fr.. tiat

i+/-ich tie co.sts haw cld a .inium of absistencs.

to th inae.qts d inefficient functioning of the

eonoio system, I o not kne. I hav a feeling, howev

that exico, ether coat.ties, ais d the standar

of. living ten to kep pace with the general posperlty of the

country. I not thi it air to ass}e-, theie, tmt

low ..wages an a low stall-fed of living for a .rge pt .of th

populatlon, in part at last, a car Indication of low

pructive poer, an ineffective exploitation of the cotry’s

aleulturl d oher resotmces, an in gena.l a ck of

teohologlcal compsfence.

A.RC, xieo, you will recall, i prrily an aicu+/-t-

al eountj. Seventy-five peret of the people live

their berg outside of the cities, and of the total rtl

0 Vpop!ation o re thou 10,50..,000 inlivCduals. :about ;, or

ell ove V,O00O00 live in cqunities of less the-l,O00

biamts. ex!,"-s very le blo cos om t soil:

enti st ba Judges pririly by its effic.ency in ai-

cultal production. Is there any-way in hlch that effieien-

ey can be tese?

Perhaps a few atistios ill tow se. light on

in the xi.n diet e: the prlnoipal exlean crop.

plt eae-h ea.. aroun 7,0,:,.000 --.re---..a of corn "ith a tt

re. Is a little , kn bush!s., hers the

yi.ia p .are., for mpie:, In Is a bushsls,

of Arnti:: 6 bushels, Of all the principal cn pruei

.eotr’les in the orl eeo-rks e lowes, in the-eicleney

is so us with rard to wheat, eat is the thlr

acres ple-d, Up until the last three ars eo has plant

each y abt 2.,000,.000 acrea of Wheat, rlng the five

per-: !9I o 196-he age yield per acre of wheat in

was 5 bushe,- The only other cowry in e worl show-

ing-as low a yil per acre for this period was ":., While

elsonly a few untes by wv

No

I presntlng a St losied plet.e. In ctan

per acre eores favo.bly with hat of any oher ouny;he las fw years even e ylei per acre of wht

risen ewhat. But, aittg this, I siil believe

fes which I ve esente t.e you h resp.ec oMexico’s principal crepe e highly siIfict,

B\t bsfe we araw y eoncisis le ek at a

f re figes., xice, I have i, is irily

ctal country, the s Jority of the

combe. And y-:

t<he .a.verage 4,400.,000 kil or ab. ,.00,000 pesos

xlco we,lly rts evy I,000,0o0

xleo Imperts on the g-e 6,700,000 pesos rth of

whealt am 2,,00,,000 ses worth of whea ua!ly,

Mexieo rts yly 3,8o0,000 pesos rth of coveai pcts and I,600,.000 sos wor-h of eggs.

ese are-nly a few e# . it which go to

up tn ot.al of aLmot 90,5,000 sos of l!ve-

stok d a! vetable ets which :eo:-rs

l.aee,.. i believe, to u i mi!!y, hey ise s 1us

syst of exlCan aieul.tl exploitation, e is

sreyrmiilo e sos w of eon, whea,

table

en wt’:s all shooting ab.-? Isn’t this

han :o -pay for t n, ld, at:, et:o, which

rt’-.s"..? Yes, but that Is t e poln: oxlco an ai-

culul cot-,: Is usi the ney recoiv fm t.he:

of i-s aiultul du.c.ts -o for the i-. of oh

ai.oultl pr:ots lo:h In y rge part o:od r:als

in exlco itself, xtoouap o ee. In the

highly ofiable Business of sprig

pesos :a ye,: a l.e p.:cent of ich, glv. re e!olent

he pinl oausos opera: o keep .eo :her .present

pyoo .Sitti i.s e fact ha% the enery of

a-ct rodton in O.Co iS rUsy a ii of

nohes. I the ve flei ere -oreleay we

eeet ex!eo o strst.--: pciy there she

let us tn to 8 rief eition of the en e.c-onoc

An analysis of ae s:atlstiea ele!y

lals that from extrative inustrles,

ten lea!n eorts. In point of !ue., were sv., crude

coffee a w ctt-on The: .en products

nrly 8 f the total ets, th e

in !erta .inclue:, wih twe exeepions, no

aubi-s, , chemlcals, wheat, wod f- builng

pose.s, .id and silw Bullion ana cie, .d oils.

Theelue of ,e-s .e pduts one was e 4

st { I0 ) exl..eo ht . feign eountrles

.,O00O pescs rh of tex.ile mnufactureS,

pesoswth f ehmies d rugs, 45,.000,000 .soscles ( iy aebes), and ..,000,-0

a the fi.e:s ao not oov byy lllo sS all

f ufae.t,sd oduota .ieh ere

these not highly meohi an ernlmed industries a o

th ot .proue ore oh t-o pay for all the

rattled oducts

mel puets an arcun 8V,O0,O00 sos worth of oll

primers. On the face of it is looks like xieo w.as sit-

in to p ler bills ith?

Well, there is only si.it dficulty:

didn’t e.t 38.,000,.000 peaos for her mineral -"-"d

sh get 8V,O00,O00 p.sos fiv. h oil,. And is for the sip!e.

o:z for lat rtter In any other. ;.,v

T- oll indstrles , but ,hay

0

exc:ptions Mxico.’s i.ns and oil wells a ’e an rat. and ses of ui-ral an. o- pro-by freisrs The eorts

an suplis u.. in th in-striss, ana te.h afts ato y for ages, sailes ad aos.tzc supplies, they serve

to ver payments due abr for other prt bu a vy con-

i the sp ef interest and prfltS on the billio d

there Is a fly In Nex:ico’s onomie olntn, eed, in pass-

in the ein-nt,,

SSnoe 19B the-value of the ductlon of gold, a

silver in lexleo has roppe, o-m 166,100,000 pesos-to

Ii,.6,00,000 pesos. or bout ’30., ana slthoug this loss has

, you tmt the mining eranies a f ,fr beg ppy

over. the pren% situation, Then %her Is also the lile

85,,800,000 pesos in 19!I o .ouB 81,.000,,000 pess 19SO,.

or about 7.

pull the eaas of this br:Isf ysls "e, I have

(e) Em% as a going lenexio, at the ps-

n. te, iS In. a. carios position.

(b) That the si du.s%, agIicre, s not o-tien effieienty. xi as not. pruce no fo to

ntities of farm proets ch yar in ord to uD the

d at the t:ime p. f the nufa.ot: artielea whi

she :ust buy a-.

SOLU-T.IOs:rng :eviden:ee, of wt:,. In opinion,

:.i: of this le-c%e o.: Wing :ou at leas the out:lines

f he ogr: of actio ih ::

att::pt %o solve her ecom::c d social -obls,

:y rsviv ::ec’s -s:tle @in the last. :.decde to :eal with

:rA:eatio a-na econo:C fii:oiney :s, place :us b given

acevents In cduca-

after a fashion, but in the vast rul

distrlets of xico ly an eduatlonal inittlo s to

Ing educatlel, centers wre hey we t needea in he

of which any natlo ight II be u f a ,mt!on br-

the ecomic difficulties which

.of which-cannot be overemps.,

e prog hich is ing folle in "the rur.l

iab.ly adapted the ed-ational nes o the

ciis, Dep-ti he ditiol te,e "R’s",. the

authoritle have. placed t sis in e fo yr .course

those t ,is which will serve ediately increase pro,due-

sehl is eulppe with ll pl)t of d, Courses in

the oare of chickens and Jbblts, and

f its md ve!tables, d ent quite as lge

held for a’ts effort is put forth to

all th activities of the al school the prin-

" is enf-e.e This ans that th uents

the schl, it is oubtful if even the aning of the

.sts of the federal ov-nt , the last .census reports

the Istence of v. 5000 state supportd ru schools.

States f he Republie. A isslon mains in a

on/%y fo hr ks. aring Is ti, the r-81 teah-

ef asi celve intensive .trslnln the

dif stes, T to! be% in 1930 for al is-

si, includin %we seaile Pnt ssns ra!

selal sere centers which ha. bn esabilshed the staes

beln0 In -t.he ne fe reg aleultalA presen there are eh ef

!!oeaed as. states. neof tse seh!s s es%%.ed at aeut 1,000,000

abo:ut sd.ts p: hl. The in-itiens

In the vil!es where he d Is held lly).

the po is te ni a mns ereby the chiin

the pn d II nos c be delped Inte intel-

lit, se!f-reeIng d coherent fars, Each schl

has a le, tac of .nd, IS secked with hh-de anmis

d equipd withn San and daii chiny. The

agricult schoels, ne to the ri sehls_, resent the

tire!y i the Interest el e restrled t.o the ral

have ,ems-ie the al school cgram beeau uBethis Is the s i-nerestlmg and pra aspec of the move-

As a ,te of fact, ex-s are ie all a-

the ie and new .seh.!s cf every type are i esb-

lishe Aut !-o the national bude and on the erage

present, ime. Mexlee

d mieil .govens and 7,500 schools srted by e

pulle ,seheels is abo I,00.000

ese fies are

srides which eeo s n i the fle ef eucatle.

ideal of educatlonal system adeq the s of

the cer has not ye be aehlev; f I,00,000 er

proxitely of the chilen cf schl a in exico still

do not have y schl to o and ny of the hols Whi

ve been established are sly lac-k in equipnt an-ly tined eaere. But if exlco keeps on at her preset

pace the fes will e red.ca a nmm sht d.

PLalleling d ppen!ng e edueation

In alng up e co< hh the new em of tol

.hs. en the i0na!yCssn gan !s ork

21

in lOG, according, to one of the C Issioners, ngo Lenllnas, "the only rds in existene passable in all seasons

were those fro exioo Cit to Toluca, fro xlco City to

Cuernavaca and certai se-c.tions of the road between Ouernavaca

and Aeapulco-- in all hdly ore tan 150 kiloeters c. 90

miles) on which, due to the lack of paveent, the steep

and other bad conditions, truffle could be intained only

with he retest difficlty. For a country with an area of

762,000 square miles and a populatlor of ,:.,:m:’: tn 16,000,000,

it would be har-d to ia.gine a n deplorable ste of affairs.

In less hs six years exo has beooe ".go roads

conscious with a veneance. By the end of 1930, e federal

overnment alone had expended -re tn 08,500,000 pesos on the

national highway proa wi .e result that seval thou-

sang kilometers of hihys were provisionally opened to trafle,

834 kilemets ( e. 380 iles) were surfaced and 621 kilometers

( c. 72 miles were ved.

t the present time e Ceission ve under con-

stru.etion :o, princlpsl hizhways. Te fst of these is the

exieu division of the Pan-American ihway. This road is in

two sections: one of approxite!y 770 uiles rs fro Nuevo

redo to iexleo City and one of ov 840 iles extends fro

exico City to the boundary line ith Gteala, Work on the

iuevo-Iredo- exico City section of this hiay is bei [ush-

ed as rapidly as possible at tho present tle over 6,0

are ployed o this pJect alone) d it is expected

provisional road issable in all seasons will be open fr

The eeo oiy Aealo sectlon a as

Dango.

The forth in -rk llne highly is t cenneeexi.eo Cy with ea. elia n ara, e apital

of e s:ta. of 2allsce and the secon res ty n the R

publle. Work on this irt mition to the int-l sys-

sierable vlge uri the. past

.in passL,. ver,. :ha.% slnee %he

eoso incrase by 81s er fm

,00,000 gallons, lnCerurban bs lines

as i by gle all oer he

y a on of !.e will ve oand V-a lon mile of ahal% will .have

xic.e s y be se om a episen of he pesen. oal

of od 0 relies f face ve. bishops with, fo

le., .e .6,000 S O-d m.!es of ved. d faoe high-

,he h.ir o e soiuion of h eeomlo an sol.al

n are al oly ascots. ,of a olusi

prepare for he soi mie biiiatin of he x--lean peop.le: Thisps r its pose less

h he !ee refm of ys f d holding

T sieon-oic sruoe .ofi xI is o-aoeizeg y prlnei. s of ornaion Firs,

Is he so-eal!e free vi!lage.,, ua! a restively si Of SO0 %0 800 sois, in hleh nd is hel

free vilges,, they oe iy a very tlon of the

aioult .la.s, ot hf of he rl ation

() That t.he free vi!e a the ci/ ..as they

exlst pri/r to the revclmtion

-ge to vate he 1 ch hey -ve-, The e.sui

m i-t .ee e,ns .of micati.on, the sp

.1%I -afleicy of the e ve. sn tehea

ul.al conoi7, s-stl!y f:udal n its nat.me, te p-x-

pose of h,t.-..c hat.-’- ""-rl to ," n e-oure

and sfe living for "t.,.ot no attempt has been

le to introduce m ""’

: evolutien of 1921 d for its pri.. pse the resti-

the. &istribu-

tlon of the .er.shlp of icta! propty,. 8peeific.,

the. reveiuony govents have ertak ereprlate

the i of t re mcien.s , to give

vilges in t.s adeqte to their needs, Bete/en

an I- or I:,_000,000 acres were rest:e" e eat.eA:’-

to aTioult:uml viilaes in the var:io: .states of

a::i.cta.l vi.lges now have,

: -.between 2-,.1/ d 60 acres-, or o the average about IB acres

-e veste: .J::eintly in th ridges .d in the in.vIA! o:ers,

OfThis :ns tt, the. hds...: nil.ies living in the vilhges

:e @ue by law t!, t to have--and -o .hold indlvi:al

plots of gr,, as io a.s the:y cultivate them, but t

title rests-in the vill.e t sete plots

has e Meean arn for/m wrke-t on

thee se? Uorttely, no o kns the answer

thi quest.Ion. I have already give you etaln fles re-.

fe--$ o .he very lge imports 0 eco of fooa a ant-

tio.m of the fae a:t p the present time at least,, the

agrlctal realln: s n/or g o funlon as efflelt-

iy .as t . deslrea, In th etion, I mh

by e exlcan rtt icule, the puctio of

o In e flve ar perlo 192/29 s ast

whea prouotln l:ow d the pro.etlon of b ( lJoles}

1% low han ing he .e-revluIo five

1906

Y ii t,t it iS still t, ly Juge

success r failure of the agrarn, re-fo. But.

all

0,000 peas to ve a hold 13,000,000 aers.s of

tlve ut!lition of @.is la2,. This m-as iitio, aicul-

supply hese thngs to the deee nessy.

urst .Ioltatlon dinte!y in ,oppos,itlon he le oernscale industrialized and chIzed faIng p-

atlves heoy the Iislll .i. he!r nds

at resece.s, but ft uld- to be ely dub-

pelod of-utlon in a cory which, y e ls, Is

t noorlous for %ork .d !n!s-tratve efflc,t.,

to ie: the fu: :: the eean :tton, th ceaaots at. st :etly held .

Xi iS % a ri country, It s CZ who

sd, one Of his glowing .let to Carlos V escrl.bthe :ntte riches of t: New orl, he legend "xio,

he ae hou of the wid," As a tt. of fae, as t

:a th cnelusin en cond y oth exi

the r:esees, of ; country, sed up he olet

hisf mu-.:. "we .e .ly ch, ut economically

tevr ye the case wh re to the

ces o iculte even Is saem-t o -’s rah

optlmiC ern a!istlc su.ts o ean alan

bl.s ve presented facts catlng t iItally

t;he natlen s . only -eoicay poor" b.ut als "nat!

A gd ny S xicO’s econio dicules i.l.l

have to e ere up ., -e whver t s-

ains all .e the ndseape nd eabllsh co’s

0 cles. En e iiba! est.a.es do net

’e th 147,000,000 setas, And of h. it i Jued

tt y ar-o 49.,000,000 acres ea eultite without the

necei of rge edie-s for: l-atlon ws. In other

8, Icul! austerities Believe that beten

ef M’s teal exte.on of @@i,000,000 acres is, be-

cause of pely al limitlons, ele@ f aleulal

ppeses,

The ent ef Me.co’s eeonoc defiel.eney Is refleet-

-ed In the statlsIcs of public inter. It -rd o ali

with :at .er :.rosettes tcnt ts attest-

.o0,O00,,O00 sos.. This S about.-w, for ele the

I!no!s ds evew y" for edai-on alone, . e a/

the last y for 1ich satls!ee are avaibl (

e mstb in hes place at .in

vy ie pas,, !eo s been tu he eerice

ii d dser. This s olio by sle

ching,eets at d ei.er h1-ch, wha

e y e Id fr hem n h: sie ef Jtl, have

ng /he ! few y,, b. ad the r.epeslon

ee ,he d-de o/nic depreslon. exi,, like

a are case of business os%i ud the resnt

fine1 heiiosis. xlce h sllv:, er, oil, henequen

su-- to t! bu nobody nts e buy them. And thee y

e--or there you are

ere isi heed? i am se I c n :.

0

f one a ready to aff faith in exlco d the exl can

people, One cannot llve in ilexleo, as I -ve durin the lsst

fo ears nd. more, wl thout cathn.. so:th.n: of he sprlt

of the tern8l. Things y b bad today, but

rr.-ow and tomorrow

atever uy be exleo’s resent dlffiltles, they

will not, I believe, -eranely obstact the progress or cur-

tall the dogged and tint p,sistence of . race n,lch had

produced civilizations md fo.rgotten them vhen any of the

nations of the westn world which now hold their hds so hig

and so proudly wre howllug Idnesses an@ blk soes on

th face of the earth.