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to Succeed Diaz
N MEXICO there is a growing belief
that the man who is known as the J ohn
f D. Rockefeller of that country is in
training to become the next President.
Thirty-two years ago General Porfirio
Diaz:head of a victorious army, mcde him
self President of Mexico. President ever
since, he has proved fiimself the most benefi
cent autocratic ruler of a republic in history.
With absolute power over government
and treasury, he has maintained liberal repub
lican ideals, regenerated a country torn by in
ternecine struggle, and used the almost unlim
ited power at his command for the benefit of
the 14,000,000 people constituting the nation.
President Diaz is now 78 years of age.
His hair is white, his complexion waxen, his
face is growing cadaverous. For several years
Mexico's statesmen have spoken in whispers
of the day when the mighty leader would have
to give up his duties and when a successor
would have to be chosen. They faced the dif
ficulty of getting another Diaz; a man honest
of purpose, unselfish of motive one willing
to sacrifice private gain for public weal. "
At last, according to reports, a fit suc
cessor to Diaz has been found, a man worthy
of his mettle, possessing the sterling qualities
which have made Diaz one of the most suc
cessful rulers of his time. This man is said
to be Enrique Creel, Governor of Chihuahua,
ambassador to the United States from Mex
ico and one of the world's wealthiest men.
Now in the prime of life, he is said to be pro
gressive, magnanimous, intellectual and just,
with the needed capacity for leadership.
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PRESIDENT DIAZ, It haa ben aald, has ben an
autocrat under protest. Enrique Creel has ac
cepted public service not with any purpose of
gain or personal advancement, but from a aense
of duty to hla country.
Diai has done notable things for his nation. He;;
established peace among a people who had been at war
for more than fifty years;' he secured religious freedom,
established compulsory education, created a middle class
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reserve fund of $100,000. The bik has branches In all
parts of Chihuahua and in many other Mexican states.
Creel la also one of the founders of the Banco Centra
of Mexico, which has a capital stock of UOO.000,000; ths
Banco Agrlcola and HipoteiVlo and " the Guaranty
Trust Company, of El Paso, Texas.
Tears ago tie learned of the vast copper deposits in
Chihuahua and came to the United States. for capital.
He got millions invested, and, through the Greene Con
solidated Copper ' Company, mines were developed, rail
roads built and cities improved. Senor Creel Is a direc
tor In the Mexican Central Railway, vice president of
the Chihuahua and Pacific, director of the La Pai Cloth
ing Factory, with a capital of Jl.000,000; the Campania
Industrial, capital $1,000,000; the flour mill of Chihuahua,
capital $4,000,000; the Chihuahua brewery, 'and many
other large concerns.
He manages, in addition, the estates, mines, railroads
and business enterprises of his father-in-law, who owns
nearly the entire state of Chihuahua.
Something for the poor son of a poor American to
achieve. Isn't it?
When he became active Governor of Chihuahua,
Senor Creel undertook to remedy deplorable conditions
that prevailed. He possessed the American knack of
system. He undertook to lay sewers in Chihuahua, to
put up railroad lines, to lnstal telephones and afford
the people conveniences enjoyed In' the great cities of
the United States. f
EDUCATED THE PEOPLE
Were the people ignorant? They should have schools.
A public system of education was Inaugurated. Were
the people poor. In want? They should have labor and
good recompense. Did the poor suffer from lack of at
tention when ill? They should have hospitals. Did they
want to read? Let them have libraries.
Chihuahua city today has the finest system of pub
lic education In Mexico. Its business blocks rank with
those In the best laid out cities of the North. There are
fine hotels.
Is Justice administered in Mexico? Not a Mexican
but praises Diaz for his Impartiality, his wisdom, as ad
mirable in its way as that of Solomon. But In Chihua
hua, more than any other state. Is absolute Justice ad
ministered, a benevolent yet exacting Justice. The peo-,
pie are happy. They are prosperous.
Something for the 'American father to rear a son for.
Is It not?
Enrique Creel's most notable ssctiiOTWieat is PP' fV
gaining Of wealth. It is what he has doas tor his pe-
pie. It Is this that fits him to govara item.
Governor Creel's hobby is lifting; Mg tha people, edu
eating them, abolishing the evils of poverty and admin
istering Justice. His wife, Senora Creel, tfea'LaJ
Bountiful of Chihuahua, a gracious and lovely woman.
Is adored by the peasants of her country, among: whom"
she goes dispensing largesse with a prodigal hand.
When in Washington this prospective lady Of th
Mexican White House entertains royally. She to .re
garded as one of the most charming of hostesses.
is singularly modest, and, although she dresses In gov
taste, never Indulges In the sensational extravagances !
.1V!r. nh hova rharfltdHxM mfinv Other WSaltl&y
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women.
When a year or so ago Miss Moroslnl, of 'New York,
coniessea to spending j.w.uuu a year on cioinms, uiut
nnA flalrpri Sn nrn rrrAl what. flhA deemed the DrODef
expenditure of a wealthy woman on dress.
"Really, I do not know," she declared. -X suppos
ffverv IdHv ihnnM fnllnw har nwn Inclination- ..'fihoulfi
she not? For myself well, I never pay more than about:
$14 for a dress. And I get along quite well oh, quite.'
And remember the Income of Senora Creel is estM
mated at $5,000,000 year! She owns cattle to th Bum
ber of 600,000, and at her dinner table often alt as many
as 400 guests. -
Early in their married life the senora- took a, great
Interest In the success of her husband, and was always
by to comfort him when he was harassed or perplexed.
The marital life of the two has been Ideal one long TO-l
mance, they say in Chihuahua.. I
For many years Enrique Creel has enjoyed the eon
fldenco of Tresident Dlas. Senor Creel, at 84, la In" full
vigor and activity. - j
To the man who succeeds the liberal despot of ifxf
lco will fall onerous duties and grave problems needing
solution. And It is the general opinion la the country
that no one has shown such desirable qualities as this
son of an American father, Enrique Creel.' - i
and organised an army of nearly 40,000 trained soldiers.
He has had Mexido represented at foreign capitals. He
hes secured an Increase from 420 to more than $000 miles
of rallroada
Within twenty-five years after his assumption of the
presidency there was an Increase from $35,000,000 to $78,
000.000 in the production of precious metals; from 120.
000.000 to $51,000,000 In imports; from $23,000,000 to $75,000,
000 In exports.
Foreign capital was brought to the country; the
wsges of laborers increased from 18 to SO cents a day.
The government secured a surplus In bank of $18,000,000.
Mexico City was vastly improved, and about $10,000,000
has been spent for water, light, sewers and pavements.
A centralised government, giving air. liberties! but
dominated by one head, was Diss's Idea; for the Latin
American peopled be declared, could not be governed by
a constitution like that of the United S'tates. All at
tempts at national government previously failed; Dlas a
schema proved a success.
HARD TO FIND HIS LIKE
Diss has protested to his cabinet that a successor
must be found. "I am old," he would tell them. "I am
tired of power. I want to take a rest before I die. I
want to see a man trained who can take over the re
sponsibilities of government, who can carry out the wise
policies established."
Then there would be conferences. Statesmen would
meet early In the morning, and remain together nearly
all day. Names would be suggested, only to be rejected.
One man could not be trusted. Another was known to
favor northern corporations. This one might proroke a
revolution. And so on.
Two years ago Enrique Creel came to the United
States as ambssssdor. He secured unimially friendly
relations between the two countries. Occasionally Creel a
name bad beea mentioned as Dlas's successor. Rumor
had It, however, that Jose Ives Llinantour, minister of
finance, waa the likely caad'date. But Llmantour wss
advancing In year a That was an objection.
Now comes the announcement from the Mexican csd
ItJl that Creel will likely be appointed to succeed the
minister ff finance, wbo has signified his Intention of re
signing; that this soeans Creel la to train for the nras
litney. V FoMlbly there U no man In Mexico better fitted to
rule the country than Creel. His life has been roman
tic He Is the most notable self-made mi a of the coua-
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jfcnnoae uri is saia to me ncftst man la Mex
ico; at aay rate, only tse wealta of his faxfeer-ta-iaw.
General Luis Terrasas, can . equal hla His wife,
Senora Creel, who has become one of the favorite women
In the diplomatic corps at Washington, In her own right
ranks among the wealthiest women in the world.
Tier Income la aatlmated at $5,000,000 a year. She Is
extremely modest, and wears dresaes coating no more
than $14. In her native atate the people worship her as
their Lady Bountiful. Like St. Elizabeth of Hungary,
this woman of wealth goes among the poor, personally
seeing to their needs and dispensing mercy. Her hus
band haa made the capital city of Chihuahua, with a
populatlorwpf 100,000, the most modern city In Mexico
and one of tha Ideal comrnunltiea of the world.
Enrique Creel'a father 4as an American. Enrique
was born poor. Now hs Is known as the John D. Rocke
feller of Mexico.
His father, a Kentucklan, falling to make a success
of business In this country, emigrated to Mexico In the
early 40'a. He aet up a amall store at Chihuahua and
married a native woman. Enrique waa born on August
$1, 1S54 and came as a ray of sunshine to the parenta.
BtrsTheaa was discouraging, but somehow the father
got along. Tears paaaed, and alx more bablea came. En
rique grew, waxing In Intelligence, and often, aa he
played about the Mexican home, the fond father and
mother would build dream castles of what he should
do when he became a roan.
The father taught the child. He devoted all hla en
ergies to giving him knowledge. He filled the boy with
ambltiona When scarcely out of his teens Enrique
taught In a private school, and hit earnlnga were de
vyted to tha care of father and mother and alatera and
' brothers.
Enrique had the American nuatle. While a teacher
many Mexican buslneaa men. noting hla activity, gave
him bills to collect. In Mexico ths "mansns" policy of
putting oft until tomorrow what ahould be done today,
which Included the payment of debta. hampered business
firogresa. Enrique got after creditors, and did not desist
n his efforts until they paid. With a amsll capital the
young man branched out ti various kinds of mercantile
business, all of which prospered.
In the meantime the young man cam to the United
Ptatea and finished Ma education. On his return be mar
ried the dsucbter of Oenersl Terra . then reputed to
be the larrrt owner of rattle In tha world
aWnor Creel today is said to be worth t3.ano oaa.
Tears ago the generous husband gave to his wife a
number of mining rletrns aa r'ft From these already
has com more than IM6.(i.'X) worth of ore.
In IW he helped to organise the Banco Mineral, vtth
, a capital of t;.tA and a rr later became snasaaw
.The capital sow exceeds $1006,300, wftk a sarplu sad
AjflDidLe&d Water
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N the heels of
the surprising
recent
ly made, that a num
ber of persons, who
pride themselves on
being drinkers of
water, are, in reality,
drunkards on water,
comes a much more
specific indictment of
man's oldest and least
appreciated beverage.
Dr. J. J. Recten
wajd, of Pittsburg, for
merly resident of the
Philadelphia Hospital,
declares the urban
populations of the
country are poisoning
themselves' by means
of their water supplies.
Lead poison, from house pipes corroded by
the acid-bearing water, elowly disseminates itself
through the aystem, loading up the blood with
fatal rhemieaU, weakening vital organs, insidi
ously preparing the way for crippling disease and
sudden, inexplicable death.
if Dr. Eectenwsld's deductions are to be ac
cepted and he has forty cases to support them
from his own private practice thousands of mys
teries of modern medicine, hitherto unaccountable
upon any rational theory, find ready and simple
solution.
And millions ofAmericans are leailin:,' what
they imagine to be the simplest and most hypienia
of lives, while, in truth, they are. preparing them
selves for a train of ailments which may' culmi
nate in such disaster as paralysis, neurasthenia,
heart disease and death.
Wafer, water, evwywher,
Nor soy drop to drink Coleridge's
'Ancient Mariner.'
YEARS ago. Dr. 11. C. Wood, the distinguished au.
thorny, gave his indorsement to river, water,
becauaccontalnlng silicates in high proportion.
It coated ths lead pipes supplying dwellings and
formed in them an Insoluble salt of lead, leaving the
water to flow through without any possible impregna
tion from Its carrier.
'Thtngs have changed since then." observes Dr. Rec
tenwald. "Our rlvera. having become dumping placea
for mills factories, hoxpltala and aewera, contain aelda
which continuously d'eeolre the lead of the pipes and
carry those aoluble salts directly to the stomachs not
only of those who merely drink tha plain water, but of
thoa who employ the familiar precaution of boiling it.
Ia the filth good when flit-red? Dr. Rectenwald says.
"No!" And he aays it very ematicslly.
The river water aurpUed Pittsburg, be finds, often
kl!'s the Hah. corrodes the Iron pipes la factories and
raiUa, rota the brass pipes In hotU and eUJ taruxJ
the strongs boUers.
Factories use barrel after barrel of alkali to neutral
ize the acids, but with .so small a measure of success
that boiler pipes are sometlnjes eaten through In tha
course of three months, sometimes In the course of thrc
weeks. .
His father, chief veterinary surgeon of Greater PitN
burg, fouad that the water'a lead poison has so affects
horses that numbers of them suffer from an otherwiM
unaccountable weakness, stumbling about unfit for wou
with the pulse inadequate and intermittent.
The Zoo, located on Smlrhfleld street, in Ptttebursr
had to quit the city because Vbe many valuable anlrna. j
could not stind the water; the back of a sea cow tn
came ulcerated; several monkeys favorite subjects now
for experiment because of their kinship to humanity
died of gastro-enteritis, and one of the baboons t 1
both arms paralyzed.
The human being who drinks the water that h
stood overnight in the house aupply pipes ia liable, the.
and there, to get a toxic dose of lead poison. Dr. r.i--tenwald's
observation of those who. for a long peri ) !.
have adhered to the common house supply of water tn
shown soma to have weak. Intermittent, irregular hert
others Kastro-intestinal symptoms, and a few traces c;
albuminuria.
W hile some have nothing but a little griping. Isstlr. -for
months or years, others display alt the symptoms c
acute lead poisoning. -
In the gastro-intesttnal cases, leadT eolio and the vom
iting of large quantities of bile Were conspicuous
the nervous cases, multiple neuritis, disturbance of t
pneumo-gssrrlo nerve and the double wrist drop i
paralysis were the fearful evidences of the chronlo r
soning. In the cardiao symptoms, the weak Lat -
steadily noteworthy.
Among the clear cases Is one of a retired dalrytr
who has SCO fet of lead pipe leading to hla horn, t
has the characteristic double wrist drop, and. not V'
ago, showed tha unmistakable blue line of gums. Ha
still paralysed ta both anna.
It haa bara aetea,-ef tate,-tht toowpltat phTi:..!
encounter a surprising; number of. weak heart. :
Rectenwald finds that the lead poisoning produces 5
cilely that symptom of the weekened haart mu'i; ,
It would appear probablo that ail persons using tae t
ern wster suppliae are exposed to the Sanger.
He urges, as a first remedy, the obvious ens nw t
vocated by all stats medical supervisors of hit.-
meet of Iswb prohibiting the dumping ( r.tmm a
other Injurious tnatenai la water course.
Then, too. Iron pipea' should be ubatttirt4 f t r
lead. Again, wherever rare spring water Is
It should ba used Instead of the city mupp r wui t
rng as a 'precaution arainst pohi npdlL a t
wHcb la Impracticable, ia the optima of i-'.a ut t
Jority of householders.
At least, thn, urges Dr. r.rtswH. t im r 1
spigots of the bouae every tnornirs. s1 d-a ft
drop of water that baa lain in U a rr -v I '
alght. Any one caa empityU.at ant;. a .'