New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-12

Mexico and the ultpu STATES De1OTe lofo
had reached as high'as SO, OOO.O or nearly
one-half of the entire trade of that republic
with foreign countries. While in ten years
our Mexican trade has fallen off very rapidly
the trade between Mexico and European
countries had as rapidly increased. In 1913
the value of foreign imports into Mexico
amounted to about S26.OO00OO, and the ex-
ports to about s2S,000,0O0; thus making
total of foreign exports and imports OF SOL
O0D. 900 per annum.
This commerce in 1853 was distributed as !.
follows. according to the report OF Miguel
Ler,io de Teada. the then Mexican minister
of the treasury. l refer to the statistics O q
this date because the most reliable that i
have been able to obtain. They show neal
" the present distribution OF that trade, eX 8
cept that it has somewhat increased IN the y
aggregate. while our proportion remains 4
about the same:
Exchanges with
England ~ l0o 1U #
United States Q858) ..... ................. 87Oo6
France Observation-Disclosures. $500, 30 Il
GERMANY ............. $50 Os s
Sn,iu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200 ~ +
Belgium OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. +o0UN
Sardinia Observation-Disclosures. loogN
Guac.mala Ecuador, New Granada Ven
fsland of t,,ba OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 200 Ge +
Iudia and China NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000 90
To.a! $4,000 90
| Dug int to say, sir. that the exhibit OF the S
last wear of our export trade with Mexico &
will show an increase of five or six million I
but that was owing III a measure, to an e1 :
traorlinary importation through the port &
OF New York of silver bullion to that 4
amount in TRANSIT from Vera Cruz and
Tampico, brought there by the line Of
Alexander q Co.. a line subsidized BY
Mexico, Mexico paying them for round
trip every twenty days $1,000 i'll gold: while &
We do not pay them j cent: nor do We pay
any other line 1T present.
Thus it appears that England alone mo i
nopolizcd. in 1853. over half of the entire R
foreign commerce of Mexico. or four times &
IA much as we. OF the $500, 10000. the 4
amount of trade with the United States fol K
1873. a little over three million dollars con +
sisted of importatiOns from the United \
States. and about five millions consisted OF s
exports to the United States-the United 4
States getting less than one-siIth of the \
whole foreign trade of Mexico.
= The trade of the two ports of TampicO /
and Vera Cruz for the year ending Septem
Der 80, 1857. was: Imports from the United &
States, s321 $50: imports from other cOun
tries, sl.324.672: exports to the United +
States. S45l ,62S; to other countries $500,
$50. Tho entire trade of the port of Veu
Cruz with the United States was 50, S6S. 30
while the entire trade with Great Britain
Mr.. Pickett. our Consul at Vera Cruz. In
letter to the State Department of date
April Is, 1857, says:
The duties received at this customhousa
during the year ending December 81, 1856,
amount, according to a statement just pub
lished. to s6,l27 .o6D. OF this sum doubt
ii onetwenty fourth accrued from Ameri,
can trade
Our Consul at Vera Cruz in 1864 reports
hpt at I
which s52i,336 were to the United States,
being less than one-twentieth Of the entire
amount. In 1868 our Consul reports the
exports at that port to the United States
Great Britain. France and Havana at
so.34e 900, of which S667. PA were to the
United States, being about one-tenth OF the
entire amount.
Great Britain and other countries in
monopolizing tive-sixtlls of the foreign trade
of Mexico. most of which justly belonged
to us. passed by our very door, almost
through our territory, conveying 1t on tor
eiyn bottoms over four thousand miles OF
stormy ocean. But Great Britain and other
countries had not only at that time absorbed
this trade with Mexico but they had mo-
nopolized and have since continued to mo-
nopolize. vastly more than their proportion
of the trade Of Central and South America
and the West Indies. | refer especially TO
the Spanish American countries lying 80 d.
rertly south of Us. because they are our in
mediate adjacent neighbors; countries
which consume almost every article which
we manufacture or produce. and whose pro
dctions We use; countries which are natu-
rally bound to us by every tie of common
interest. of like political institutions, and
kindred continental commercial policy.
Sir, these statistics present questions OF
vital neutrality-suspicious. that, in my
Judgment, 10 man, be he Senator or Repre-
sentative, can avoid meeting if he faith
fully discharges the trust repOSed IN HIN
by his constituents
As have said, our trade with Mexico IN
1898 was but about one-siXth of her entlra
foreign trade. Our trade with Cuba is pro-
portonately much greater, owing to our
vast impOrtatlons Of sugar, mOlaSses anu
tobacco. and to the fact that her geographic
cal position places her in more direct com
munlcatlon with our coastwIse trade De-
tween the Atlantic and Gulf ports.
ought to say here. in passing, that our
trade with the West Indies amounted last
year to nearly one hundred million dollars
from which we derived on duties that weH'
into our treasury SWO0O.Oo0. d.
But, Sir. how is it with Central and SCUM
America, With Central America our tradS
is about S2.00o.000 out of fl2,0oO,Ooe. WIN
South America it is less than S60,0Oo, VIZ ou.
q il total trade of nearly S33O,0OO,oo "
only about one-sixth. With some OF tl'
South American countries il is very ms.
nlticant; as, for instance, with Peru we ~
less than S3.0O0,0O out of S2o.ooo.ooo W.
Chill we Get less than $4,000 900 out OF oSs,
$50. 900 900; with Brazil we get less tha'
$4,000, 900 out of nearly $l50,oooOoo.
Our trade with Mexico. raised to the san.
amount that it now is with Cuba. IN propyN.
ton to population. would be over S3ooVVy, +
900 per annum; if equal to our present tr aaa
with Brazil it would be nearly S30,O
or three times what it is at present. s,,
Now, sir, at the risk of wearying the 81
ate. although shall endeavor to be as pt,S
as possible, desire to refer to a conlmIu w..
cation of the Secretary of State, under Ell
of July IA, 1870, in corrobOration OF wn"'
have said. ,..x;ss
Now, sir, certainly the trade OF NOW