Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-29

Colony WISH TO Emfxrnte TO Mexico
The Mexican National Congress
Composed OF Two Houses for the
First Time Since 1924.
Correspondence Special de La Gronica.l
To-day I was informed of a grand
enterprise which has been inaugural
ed by leading merchants of this city,
and which, when publicly known, will
attract universal attention. 1t is a
scheme for reciprocity treaty between
Mexico and the United States, by
which these two great republics can
be brought into closer commercial re.
lations with each other. | am told,
and my authority is reliable, that our
| United States Senator favors this great
undertaking and will bring the mat
| ter before Congress at its next session.
| It will be remembered that Senator
Booth opposed the reciprocity treaty
with the Sandwich Islands, and gave
facts and figures to show why he OPP
posed it. He takes different view
of the commercial interests of the flu
ture, as between Mexico and the Uuit-
ed States, and believes that the people
of both nations would be benefited
by reciprocity. Whoever has stud
died the history of commerce knows
that the nation which places the low
est restrictions upon shipping is the
nation which will attract to its ports
| the largest number of ships. It will
oil oIx ~. al 70 h ifrl,
state of civilization. The oriental ma
tions, notably China and Japan, have
always believed in a protective tariff
and complete isolation. 1t was only
through the agency Of the war power
Of western nations - England, the
| United States and Franee-that the
Chinese and japanese opened some OF
their ports to free commerce, compar-
atively speaking The advantages to
the Oriental nations, as well as the
benefits arising to their western neigh
bors have been immense.
TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION.
AS regards Mexico and the United
States entering into reciprocity trea-
| ty,, there is much to be said on both
sides. There is o powerful element in
our country which favors a protective
tariff, while there is an equally pow.
erful element which favors free trade.
The two great national parties, the
Republican and the Democratic, have
often discussed the question before the
people, The Republican party gener.
ally favOrs o protective tariff, while
the Democratic party has free trade
proclivjties. AS the next Congress
will be Democratic, there is no doubt
that it will candidly and earnestly lis
ten to the facts and arguments of Sem
ator Booth in favor of reciprocity.
This gentleman being an Independent,
can claim to be unprejudiced of any
partisan motives. OF course the SUBJ
| .ject would be as earnestly discussed in
| the Mexican congress and in Mexico
as here. No doubt two powerful par
! ties would arise, one favOring recipro-
city and the other opposing it, In a
moral sense, if both nations could
agree on such vital subject, both
| MeXicans and Americans would re-
| ceive vast benefits; for it would bring
! the people of both countries closer to-
gether in q, social and intellectual, as
well as commercial sense. The bene.
fits would be mutual. If the United
States, through reciprocity treaty,
| could control the trade of Mexico and
subordinate European importations in
that country, and Mexico gaining in
stead of losing by adopting the treaty,
then it Is for the INTEREST of both Repub-
lies to enter into it, BY political SYM
| pathies and geographical relations the
American Republics are bound to each
other, and it is the duty of their
| statesmen, by wise legislation and
sound international principles, to
make the bonds closer and closer.
This treaty project is not publicly
known here yet, even the press, ever
| watchful, being in ignorance of such
a scheme occupying the attention OF
our merchants. The readers of La
Cronica will be the first to read of this
remarkable movement. .r4aUaH
will here mention striking fact
with regard to the expectations and
| importations between Mexico and the
| United States, the figures being for the
year 1873, and from the official report
of the Mexican Ministro de Hacienda.
| Wlti CuhCt
| the importations from the United
| States to Mexico amounted to 81 400,
| 419. .43, and the expectations from Mex
| leo to the United States to $l1, 1866,
| 530.78. Thus if a reciprocity treaty
| had existed between both countries,
Mexico would have had an advantage
over the United States of So, ,946, IL Las.
| AN AMERICAN COLONY ALSO DESIRES
/ TO EMIGRATE. .-
| The officers of one of the immigra-
tion bureaus in this city have called
upon the Mexican consul, Sefior Prit-
chard, to get facts and documents
about the colonization law. They
stated that it was their intention to
make up colony which wished to
settle either in Sonora or Sinaloa. The
persons desirous of going there are
| from the Eastern States-Massachu
setts, Vermont and New Hampshire
who are tired of long, cold Winters
| The laws of Mexico as now applied to
immigration are very liberal, and will
undoubtedly attract industrious peo-
| pie there. The officers of the Bureau
! who called on the Consul had an idea
that if the $3.50, 900 appropriated by
| the Mexican Congress to aid in carry
ing out the initial steps of the immi-
grafton law were to be sent to San
Francisco, it would be easy to get up
a colony to go to Mexico. There is no
doubt of this, but it is not at all likely
that the Mexican authorities will be
so generous, st-e-atf4
A SENATE AND HOUSE OF DEPUTIES,
1t is interesting to state that the