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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 391 eating off the range from the home stock, befouling the waters and filling the atmosphere with a sickly stench for the greater portion of the summer season. The answer to this is that it is for revenue. Yes revenue, but at the cost of the comfort, health and lives of many people. The revenue is to the few while the nuisance is to the many. Anyone wanting a sheep ranch in Mexico had better not apply to me for information. I would rather wear a coat made of Australian wool than have a healthy, happy country tramped down and made a sickly, stinking desert by herding sheep around a settlement. But if anyone should wish to start a woolen factory they would have no trouble in getting all the wool wanted, for it is already cheap and plentiful. Would a tannery pay ? Yes; hides and oak bark are plentiful, that really would be one of the most profit-able industries and easiest to start. Lumber and all kinds of building materials being near at hand. Is there a demand for mechanical labor? My sup-position is that a thrifty colony would demand work among themselves. Again, the country being new as far as modern improvements are concerned would, when an example was set, naturally begin to build up and create a demand for many kinds of labor that are not now wanted among the natives. It is a country naturally rich in resources, and would soon prosper and build up a people provided they applied themselves intelligently and industriously to improve the natural privileges. How is the government? Do you think a man can live there in peace any length of time? I think a man will have all the privilege and protection that could be reasonably desired. Well, now, why won't they legislate against our |