New-York tribune., 1868-04-18
MEXICO.

GENERAL TATISTICS-COMMERCIAL COMPARi-
soN-IMPORTs AND ExPORTs-PR0DUCTs AND
RESOURCES IMPORTANCE OF SPECIAL
TRADE TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATES.
From Our Special cOrrespOndsEt. - ,,,o ,os.
The present need of Mexico is an opportunity
for the United States This opportunity IS sgnazed Dy
the diplomatic withdrawal from the Republic OF the three
powers which conspred against her autonomy Chiei Oh
these commercially was Great Britain whose exports TO
Mexico at date OF last reckoning were three times as
great as those Of and the United States Great
Britain has in fact occupied the place in Mexican trade
which of right and belongs to the neghbor repub
lc Viewing these facts, together with the want ana
the prospect Of such treaty Of commerce
as will 20 more than half way to meet and encourage the
material progress OF Mexico any statistics OF this Repub
lie cannot uninterestng. Such treaty would aid I'M
migration help Mexico 10 meet the locomou'e anu 1en
go with it-but TO proceed.
The statistics in point bring as no later than is6o but
considering the constant nerregnum OF war since that
time they furnish tolerable standard The experts Of the
United States TO Mexico, in s5s were but 5s25-the
sno her Mexican transactions In 1889 and 1850 not moro
than So 100000 About the time those Of Great Bri
tain amounted to 100000 includes the far greater part
OF specie shipments The relative values OF commerce
are well statement OF imports made In 1857 by
Mr. Miguel Ierdo de Teada once Minister of the Trea-
% nSs De rsda The Win
From England. 10000 From Germany $1,000 Co
u. States. 4Soo,OOol
the large figures Mexican
the total OF which t26000 late table presents
the OF foreign exchanges at s4oOoooo annually with
q distribution mainly as follows:
Exchange with England sS3, 10000
Exchange with United states QS0Sl.. S,7OC,OO
Exchange with France b,0Oc,OO
Exchange with Germany. ..-...--..... 2OOOOOJ
Exchange with Spain ...-....---..--.- l,2O,Wc
Silver shipments from Mexico amounted annually TO
about $3 OOOO and OF this but S35 went TO the
United States while nearly every dollar OF the balance
was taken of In British vessels During eight months OK
the year 1886 specie exports from Vera Cruz were 1885,
OO TO Great Britain and k5s443 TO the United states In
nil these the lesson Is taught We see that
Great Britain had than onehaf OF the foreign trade
OF Mexico and the United States about oncouIth that OF
Great Britain and less than onesxth Of the whole, their
specie shipments being IN still inferior proportion At
the same time exports OF the United States in 1883 to
the island OF Cuba more than S4,0o0o00. or four
times the value of those sent TO Mexico /
believe IL was estimated years ago by
our present Charge dAfaires, Mr. Il. L. Plumb
that il the United States trade with Mexico
raised TO the amount that 10 now is with Cuba pro
United States trade with Brazil at least 81 100000
greater than that with Mexico at date Of our last stats
tics Comment upon these facts and figures Ia almost
suporfuous Steam and enterprise have augmented the
Cuban Of the United States The powers
urged and fostered by special treaty might accomplish
wonders trade with Mexico Is pity that this
trade il but ss0O0O00 out OF 10000 that out Of
that out of total South American trade gather but
s2Oo0o These figures are contemporary with the latest
Mexican statistics.
The following table exhibiting the foreign OF
certain countries the American continent was COM
piled the latest available at the time OF the
as index Of the nferiority and neglect OF the
mo aafM