AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES IN MEXICO 



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Photo from Mrs Harriet Clialmers Adams 

 AN ANXIOUS MOMENT: MEXICO 



The details of the industry are now quite 

 well known; there is no need of costly 

 experiments, but the rubber planter can 

 develop his estate with as much certainty 

 as a coffee or cacao grower. • 



Growing of camphor has only been ex- 

 perimented with in Mexico, but many 

 planters have recently become interested 

 and small plantings are being made in 

 various parts of the country, so that in a 

 few years there will be sufficient to crop. 

 Camphor cultivation promises to become 

 a very important industry, as camphor 

 is being used to a great extent for indus- 

 trial purposes. Mexico has large tracts 

 of mountain lands in the tropics suitable 

 for this industry, and is only waiting for 

 capital and enterprise. 



PROTECTION FOR I^ORElGN INVKSTORS 



Law and order are well upheld in Mex- 

 ico — better than in many countries claim- 



ing a higher degree of civilization. The 

 traveler is perfectly safe in any part of 

 Mexico. Where trouble has arisen it 

 has been upon the provocation of the 

 traveler and stranger, who has not taken 

 into consideration the peculiar customs 

 of the country, but has wanted his own 

 way, whether this has been in accordance 

 with the desires of the natives or not. 



Foreign investors in agricultural prop- 

 erties are well protected in Mexico, 

 whether the investment is made by pri- 

 vate persons or corporations. The latter 

 need not be Mexican corporations, but it 

 is always safer for a foreign company to 

 be legally registered in Mexico. Land 

 titles are not always good, and the pur- 

 chaser of agricultural land in the Repub- 

 lic should take good care in having the 

 documents properly investigated by repu- 

 table lawyers practicing in Mexico. 



