San Luis Potosi, Mexico If Pres
ident Venutiano Carranza succeeds in
his plans for abolishing the sale and
drining of pulque, which is a product
of the maguey plant, he will bring
bankruptcy to many wealthy men
who have built up big fortunes In thU
industry. There are large areas of
land in the vicinity of the Citv of
Mexico that are exclusively devoted j
to maguey plantations j
It is said that in no other country
in the world is the maguey plant
commercialized for the production of
liquor that quickly turns into an in
toxicant. In the portions of the
States of Mexico, Hidago, Puelila,
Morelos and Quedetao its cultivation
is a most important industrv. for
there are manv States almost wholly i
given up to it and the extraction
from it of the beverage known as
pulque A land owner whose estate
Is propitious for this culture gives it
tho preference, for, without much
labor and expense, and without hav
ing to employ much help, it yields
profits which are considerably in ex
cess of the profits nrising from tho
cultivation of cereals.
