Photo by Shirley C. Hu. 



A TYPICAL, REVOLUTIONIST IN MEXICO 



This picture was taken at the request of the photographed, and the request was in no 



uncertain terms 



took fire. It burned unchecked for three 

 months, during which time 10 million 

 barrels of oil were consumed (page 490). 

 Hot salt water gradually replaced the oil. 



The Mexican Eagle Oil Company, at 

 Potero del Llano, struck a gusher which 

 flowed 100,000 barrels of oil a day. A 

 huge storage reservoir, with a capacity of 

 3,000,000 barrels, was established to take 

 care of the oil pending its going to 

 market. 



It is believed that the oil fields of Yuca- 

 tan, Vera Cruz, and Tampico, when once 



peace is established, will go a long way 

 toward meeting the unprecedented de- 

 mand for gasoline that the automobile has 

 created. 



HOME INDUSTRIES 



The delicate drawn-work of the Mexi- 

 can Indian is justly famed throughout 

 the world and deserves to rank with the 

 finest of Spanish and Italian laces. Thou- 

 sands of Indian women work at a wage 

 of 10 cents a day, from early morning to 

 nightfall, around the drawn-work frames 



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