MIDDLE CLASS j
IN MEXICO
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One of the erroneous assertions re
garding Mexico that is frequently on
countered is that that country “has
no middle class." This has been re
peated so often without denial that i
'doubtless the great majority of those
who have no personal acquaintance
with the country give it full credence.
Hut a few moments’ examination will
demonstrate the incorrectness of the
idea.
In one recent instance an individual
who claimed to have lived in Mexico
many years dec l a ret l that there were
only seven thousand landowners in
the country anti that it "hatl m* mid
dle class." The fair presumption
from this is that it was meant to tie
dare that that there are seven thou
sand aristocrats in the country and
that all the rest of the fifteen or six |
tecen million pet'pie are members of
the peon class, which it is true pro-j
dominates. W riters and speaker?
who deal loosely with the country and
do not take the trouble to verify what
they believe to be their facts, are very j
fond of making this unqualified a>- *
sertion. going so far as to declare
with great positiveness that there are
just two dassess and no more in the
Republic. Yet as a matter ot fact
this idea has little basis in real con
ditions.
It is true there is an aristocratic
class. but comparatively speaking it
is limited! in its extent. There is also
a peon class, which it is true com
prises a very large portion of the
population. But between these is the
great middle class—the clerks, the
employees of all kinds who labor with
both brain and hand, the professional
men, the rank and tile of the govern
ment employees, the teachers, the
shop-keepers, the proprietary miners
and farmers, business men of a thou
sand different branches, mechanics of
all sorts, who most energetically and
properly resent being classed with
the peons, just as they make no pro
onsions to membership in the upper
class. “I am not a peon—1 am a me
chanic, ’ is an assertion tre^uen.ly
heard, and it is uttered with all the
pride of a member of a class higher
than the despised one.
If, then, men who labor with their
brains or their hands, or both, v 'U>
have neither the birth nor the means
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to essay aristroeratic pretensions, uo
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not constitute a middle class, words
i
have lost their meaning.
The Review is of the opinion that
it is high time this fallacy were dis- '
pelted. No one who has ever visited
Mexico with eyes open, and most ot
all no one who has ever liveil there,
has any excuse for perpetuating this J
9.error. A moment’s thought, a mo
ment’s recollection or inquiry regard
ing the vast industrial system con
ducted by men who certainly do not
belong to the aristocracy any more
than they do to the peon class, must
convince any intelligent person that
there is a very large and rapidly in
creasing middle class in Mexico.
With very few exceptions, the revo
lutionary leaders are all middle class
men and women.—The Mexican Re
view.
Si h WHAT M vY
HAPPEN TO PS
I.IXTOLN, \Yh.f Jan. (>. > * exe
, ut ive boat«l of ihc Nvbru Ory
I Yderation here has drafted a prohi
bition iaw, whin will be introduced
it tiu next .session of the legislature
and which is inundod to supplement
the wrohibitionu y constitutional
:*n. * u! 'lent adopted this year attd ef
f, , e May l. Among the ptovisions
of lee law drafted are:
Ai.v |»ea< e otlicer in the £>*ato maj
ari <' i an\ one \ hose breutii has the
odor of liquor.
Advertisenu nts ot intoxicants, in
: tty manner is prohibited.
The sale of flavoring extracts and
“whiskey tablets ’ is prohibited.
It is made a criminal offense to tell
a man where he may get a drink.
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CATHOLIC CUt-RCU
Sundays: Common:in Mass at 8:30
a. m.
Mas* and Sermon at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday school after Mass.
Rivurv. Instruction and Benediction
tt 7:30 p. m.
Weekdays: Daily Mass at 7:30 a
m.
Daily Mass, 7:30 a. m. In hospital
chapel.
10R SALE
The Town of Seward offers for sale
Lot 3s in Block 14, and the building
thereon for the sum of $1,000.00. The
size of said building is 24 x 30 feet,
and has a furnace for heating.
Terms of sale 1-3 down, 1-3 in six
months and balance in one year. 8.
per* cent interest on all deferred pay
ments. For further particulars see,
O. H. POEHLMAXN,
1-15—tf Municipal Clerk.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
KEN’Al PRECINCT. THIRD DI
VISION. TERRITORY OF ALAS
KA.
IN* THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF C. M. JOHNSON
Deceased.
PUBLICATION OF NOVICE TO
CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given by the un
lersigned, ALIA MON KNHiHl.
\D M i N1STR A T OR OF T \ l F.
ESTATE OF C. M. JOHNSON, De-,
•eased, that he has been appointed'by
he rrobute Court of kenni Fred net
’or the Territory of Alaska, as ad
ninistrator of the said estate, and
lotice is hereby given to the creditors
>f, and all persons holding claims
igainst said deceased, to exhibit them
vith the necessary vouchers within
>ix months after date of the first
publication of this notice, to the said
idministrutor at his residence in the
;own of Hope, Alaska, which said
residence of said administrator shall
ye the place for the transaction of all
business regarding the probate of the
ibove estate.
Date of first publication, December
10, 1916.
Date of last publication January 17,
F917.
Dated, this 19th day, of Dec., A.
D., 1916.
ALTAMON KNIGHT,
Administrator.
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Buy a Home in Woodrow
The Beautiful Suburb
Of Seward
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WOODROW is located 6% miles from Seward.
The Govt. Railroad runs through this beautiful tract.
Woodrow lies near Bear Lake the famous fishing
ground of Seward.
Woodrow may be said to be in the warm belt as the
kills arc so situated as to shelter this tract from the winter
winds.
Woodrow' is situated just this side of the Bungalow
and plotted on the most desirable portion of the Johnson
Homestead.
A tract in Woodrow is equivalent to more than 12 lots
in Seward.
The price is so low that no one can complain.
You can buy a tract of about one third the size of a
Olock in Seward for $125. — Some fractional tracts are
selling as low as $25—$50 and $75.
The title is clear—A warranty deed, first handed.
Woodrow is plotted in tracts situated each on a street
and corner on an alley. Each plot is easy to access.
Woodrow is a beautifully wooded tract and a veri
table park.
ROMIC & ROMIG are handling this property and
will be pleased to interest you in the best oflcr for a suber
ban home ever made in Seward.
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Distance between Seattle and Seward and Kodiak, Alaska
Knots iirs. Min.
Seattle to Active Pass . 00
Active Pass to Seymour Narrows .113 0 30
Seymour Narrows to Alert Bay. To 6
Alert Bay to Queen Charlotte Sound . 40 3 30
Queen Charlotte bound to Bella Bella. 70 6 30
Bella Bella to Mill Bank Sound . 14 1 30
Mill Bank Sound to Dixona Entrance.104 10 —
Dixons Entrance to Ketchikan . 42 3 30
Ketchikan to Wrangel Narrows . 0o 6
Wrangel Narrows to Petersburg . 16 1 30
Petersburg to Juneau .106 0
Juneau to Douglas . 3 15
Juneau to Cape Spencer.106 0
Cape Spencer to Yakutat .130 11
Yakutat to Cape St. Elias.140 13 15
Cape bt. Elias to Katalla. 35 3
Natalia to Cordova.117
Cordova to Valdez . *1
Cordova to Ellamar. 5 J 4
Valdez to Ft. Liscum . 3 15
Valdez to Ellamar .
Valdez to Latouche . ^4 •
Ellamar to Latouche . 3o 5 15
Latouche to Seward.33 ;>
Seward to Pt. Graham .13S
Pt. Graham to Seldovia. 13
Pt. Graham to Kodiak .133
Kodiak to Seward.175 1*
Seldovia to Iliumna . 30 5
Seldovia to Kenai . 70
kenai to Anchorage . 33
Anchorage to Goose Bay .
Anchorage to Kodiak .~5.» -1
GLACIERS AND POINTS OF INTEREST EN ROUTE
Between Petersburg and Juneau.Patterson & Sunnium .un i's
Between Juneau and Cape Spencer.Mendenhall and Brady un i.
Between Cape Spencer and Yakutat.La Parouse and Yakutat Giaciei*
Between Yakutat and Cape St. Elias.dalaspina Glacier
Between Latouche and Seward .Excelsior Glacier
Between Seward and Pt. Graham.y '‘J]e'dr}'.rr
Between Cordova and Valdez.Columbia and Shoup Glaciers
Seal Rocks .. Knots from Seward
Between Seldovia and Anchorage.1 iamna Volcano
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