File No. 812.512/720.
Mr. James L. Slay den to the Secretary of State.
Carranza has decreed an increase of mining tax from six dollars a hectare, Mexican money, to twelve dollars gold, with progressive increase for larger holdings. Miners bitterly complaining, as the tax is confiscatory. Conditions in Mexico make work impossible without which privilege forfeiture of property inevitable. Behalf of many constituents I respectfully ask that you protest vigorously against this arbitrary change in the law which is made when poor owners simply cannot comply. They will lose years of labor and money invested.