Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1916 — 3,000 AMERICANS IN MEXICO [ARTICLE]

3,000 AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Only This Number Now Rsmain of ths 100,000 Thers Before Msdero Revolution. I.nredo. Tex. —Barely 3,000 Americans remain In the Republic of Mexico, as compared with the 100.000 or more who lived In that country prior to the Madero revelation In 1911. These figures were complied here by an American who concluded a ten weeks’ tour of the republic at this border point. His estimate and distribution of the American citlxens below the bonier Is: Mexico City, approximately 300 Americans; Tampico, approximately 900; Pnnueo oil field district, near Tampico, 200; scattered through Sonora state, 350; scattered through Chihuahua state, 250; State of Nuevo Leon, Including Monterey, 100; Guadalajara, 10; state of Pueblo, 00; Queretaro and Guanajuato, 20; Ton reon, 30; Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 25. Five hundred additional Americans, he said, are scattered through various other states and cities of Mexico, mostly at points remote from railroads, where they are engaged In ranching or mining.