, 1875-04-17
Boundaries Of the Free Belt, and
Its Effect upon Texas
Merchants.
Tho Moxioan Dorder Troubles an Ont.
growth Of tho System.
An Organized Band OF Smugg1ers on tho
Southern Frontier.

..!"t'.a "hHt - ''.. " .onH 'ee 80 A.. A., ~
.sooeft e. Lee, un"so e's.e" Hl4,, so',""H ."o
uepas'Hchto VI aeaAst ma ''s's"c.su ~ Ao,is s"o
Me1icah as'hof'nss on 'ae american r0nes ana .ney
mus! uFe.A up tno nan.s o. 1ahaM, sha tnat .aes
"o"u u. new y! .us 'ae 4'."'
Of sha pam any % teir Sofaer . N M ,eeet vo;no
1ron,ter srss os ra n rc5..sa W.
in, will bo dlaassEos ia the ttockraan7 interests Of
Texas and may lcaa to frontier war on either aide Of
.sa,. .as sye, finally producing e'"a'e ''~ssn tho two
N"sy'. W ..,.,. H.. n..,... :. u,.1.. @...
YET, within Two weeks. tho Postmaster at sneeea Las
been waylat and rothct by nolnctoly.
THE IONA ftunA.
nhs n,cs,,o, n i,,c trout,le, nm shA rto r,rhndo
frontier IL mainly question Of cu,to'n'i1onsos.
Tho existence Of tla Fscc Zone Is = stauang men.
anee TO tho United s.a'ea. = invites community Of
% :1. ss ss s 1s @ pep"sa esesa S ys
eann au nna o,r southern n borer sos tj,na Il Il,
yrsF 1s's tho tnoh Governor .; aaup.. tho slssi-
ean province immediately contagious 10 he roushsfn
,har1,ns ] ,O merchants % md citizen. s . tsa
strip Of territory extebaire from the Mouth Of tbs
soi,.~t,. boundary, and from Tho rirtr laad for two
dlso ot al els,.es
noo"nAn,L' ,l, w - ,,. tAsl .. 1o11. ;s.a
follows; "Tha. all foreign merchandise intended for
CONSUMPTION III tho uy Of A1aa,uora, and ths other
.s.a. ,,sas 49, n.nt =, ~. nIa r,r.vn ,o..,n..
ea.rse, ns % asr, a oassraso md md Monterey Geraaesn
J; X H. s: :
| created was called the Zan7 Libra, or Frca Lett.
Tho decrce Of the Governor nf TansutiEas Was in
don:tsi aovernnens Of Te1eo Il il now IN force. CO.
ae sens33ea ~ Eenonat.ance. Of shs
I ssses s's;: t. Tho asersi mn 81
o.!co was net It that tine .tsong eaogh 10 refuse
had Just subdued caravajal aud otles ratdera.
4ltE ErREor uroH TIN usiIEn sgATEs TATE
State hs1e BEEN tbe s' @ serers '
haa frontier consaglos4 with for nearly 1,ul0
@ g. y :, hu 1 o,ao ns qe r. r. "a
better dcid Of operations for bands ol e,nuggiess
could not have beoa devised. AZ htata-
SeGRs 81 p!ss. t. we1d
as y s Gs
Until every chapparal.bush Is lnado HQunted pa
@ No %hs &. sos s sss oas can Snug
Before tho Governor ct Tamaallpas ISSUED This de-
se Ct IN Aass
customs It prazos Tor tho last ,schl ycar soa4
sSs saSSassia ss cas sase Sssomo ~ sspsn.s 10 .Se
| Government.
sas se ID o soahs @
operations Of m organized system OF smuggling. The
ees4se e III s9s, S9's sn
;ortiuas becamo infamous that e.en 10 Me1iean
a9yasnHeni was compelled to TAXA notice Of IT, and to
tolIeyo him trom cotnnapM
TIE spfn1T Of MEXICO.
ssis e ~ u s II e. IT, IT,
Uuted StAted which haa existed hicc 184S. Ills idea
Of the Fteo Belt did not take dennte form until 1858
md was not recognized by the Gatonal Congress- Of
Mexico until 1901. 1hcrh L. no doubt abont the accfe
history Of te establithtaent Of tLts zona Liura 1t
preventing sny further oncro4ehnent aouthw4rd q
induce bsaR s ssn
advance Of the Monroe doctrine. No u'her Hlausiblo
explanation has ever been nttoptcd 10 official circles
pt ooatinasa apom,ts seEss.ponaeasss The
sistehsy called to It vien Nesou, 1t Indiana, nov
readent Of Washington City, was Minister 70 Mexico,
CONVINCED o. tho Injustice Of tho Fro6 Da; aid the
Me1icaa cabhs. sens btu to tho co1tes proposing
rba f iii rh IT, | i t.
yea!cl tho ,eeres noyss which prompted the Mn1ssn
country II was generally admitted In tile dctdte tliat
tho establishment Of ths iona Lbta WIS unconstitu
tionh aud that It Moskcd treat injustice 70 os1es
portions q tho Mexican nspnbilc IL Il doeA 70 tht
q s sfs, Ta' ill.,
fot 10 rurtal: Jares. Who Iesotnatnasd tho bill &
wsi - ss Y fa'9T hs o. ia passst
x4 sssi ddsanetd il favor af q zona fIf. 4 the
Mekican Gottes w. fiat contfsnsna Trade could 6a
Ris ssi' ''n' A' 2''' @''' ''''
rtsn tin Tim. B, s ns'sna; fsseasn,ea. oi hi. rr<
nothing s!as dons IL secure cansa IN thd laws O