The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-07
mExHCO, TEXAS AND THE SOUTH
A TASK FOR MIR. SCHLBIoHER.

| TASK FOR MIR. SCHLRIoHER.
Schieicher, having won the attention of
the whole country, should utilize his posi-
tion aud power by making another speech.
The subject we commend is precisely such
ss his genius would illustrate with wonder
ful clsarness and commend TO the careful
consideration Of thoughtful people every
where. If the politlcs. condition of the
South be deplorable In the eyes of Radical
ism. the remedy consists in the reproduc-
ton Of agricultural and commercial activity
in the South. The South most needs q rail-
way TO the Pacific, and that road which
would beget most activity and distribute
most wealth should first he built. That
the completion of the International TO San
Bias or NJ zatlsn would give permanent
peace 10 Mexico and aggrandiZe States and
ci,ies of the South is a self-e1dent
proposition. The. greatest calamity that
could befal the South and the North
would be the annexation of Mexican Sites
Territory may be ''digested, " but monyrel
populations are not readily absorbed. Cal
ifornia shudders when John Chfhaman ,p-
proaches the ballot-box: the red man is
carefully excluded from it; and the repul-
lie itself is threatened with subversion that
Africans may exercise rights of citizenship.
We would have no further increment of vc-
ing force. Demagogues have given US moe
than liberty and good government can wdl
endure. The regeneration OF Mexico woud
be worth IncalcUlable sums to the Souh,
and the influx of American populations inc
the revolutionary country would be the sg-
nal for permanent peace and order and e.
produced popular industry. What wodd
be the effect upon Texas and ne
South is shown by a statement Of
rbe fact that Mexico is one of the richest
countrIes on the globe. The country cn
support as dense population aas China, IT
300 TO the square mile, and yet the popua-
ton Of the country, the World says, is
only 9,275, 900 in superfcies of 725, 0O
n square miles,, or less than Is to the souae
mile, and it would be infinitely more prs
porous were its population ten times Ne
dense. The State of Tamaullpas, our
neighbor across the Rio Grande, has ony
14O 600 people, or less than to the mill,
while in Sonora there are under Q persons
to the mile. In Vera Cruz there are abort
20 to the mile; in Yucatan 18, in Guanajl.
ato 70, in Hidalgo go, and in Tlascala 81.
In many respects our sister republic his
been considerably shaken up since tie
French occupation, and, in spite of ehronD
: diseases of revolution and. poverty, ca
point to substantial evidences of progress.
There are already TO-, 900 kilometers (62O
miles) of telegraph lines in Mexico, with
1874 stations and offices, three-eighths BE-
longing to the State and the remainder 10
private enterprises. The railroads have
$40 miles operating, and more under COL
tract. Mexico has quite a little navy, h,r
domestic tonnage clearances and entrances
for 1874 approaching half a million tons
AS that law now stands, Mexico collects
$40, 900, 900 import duties on a total impoI-
tation of $29, 900, 600, and taxes export,
very heavily. Bullion pays an export duty
of three and one-half per cent. woods
eight per cent; orchllla, four per cent
But in many respects, the Mexican tariff is
far more rational than ours. It never knew
g Senor Morrill, nor Don Dawes The
United States take a little over one-thirG
of the entire exports of Mexico, but sell
back less than one-fourth in value of what
Mexico imports. France, on the COZ,
trary, sells more to Mexico than
she buys, and Germany sells five time
as much as she buys. In the year
1894, Mexico's exports included $25, 00o,-
900 of bullion, 81, 500, 900 of hides, 81, OOO,-
900 each of hemp and fine woods, $780,
900 of coffee, $4OO, 900 of vanilla, 5000.
b 900 of live animals, and $3.50, 900 of to-
bacco. The exports of Mexico, however,
are nothing in comparison with what they
should be. large proportion of the tier
ras calientes is peculiarly adapted to the pro;
duction of coffee and sugar, OF, which the
world demands more and more every year,
-as the circle of civilization widens The
mines of precious metals would probably
be able to quadruple their present yield if
worked to full capacity and with improvtd
methods. The tobacco crop is capable u
h beng indefinitely increased, and the henp
: crop likewise, the latter growing will.
: As for the peculiarly indigenous pie
ducts of Mexico, the commerce of
. the world would eagerly take much more
than it now can get of such precious com.
mod;ties as logwood, cochineal, vanilla,
sarsaparilla, jalap root, cocoa caoutchouc,
gutta percha, indigo, anise seed, pepper,
/ tortoise shell, resin, and the precious csbi-
net woods. Campeche mahogany, once so
famous, scarcely comes into market now.
The green turtle canning business of Quay.
mas might be made TO yield as much wealth
as the oyster canning Of the Chesapeake,
and there are millions in the pineapple
crop and the vanilla culture. The rich
coffee Of Uruapain f-tshos q dollar pound
from connoisseurs, yet none is in the mark
ct; the cinchona tree could be planted
with great profit; IN AIazatlan, native
staple of cotton is produced and sold for
three to i've cents per pound; the frijoles
crop is limited only by the demand, and
cheese and mescsl can be made in any
quantities. Tuxpan has coal, and here
sugar:cane produces five thousand
pounds TO The acre, corn can be planted
every month in the. year, cottoa grows to
be a tree, and the vanilla besn, cedar, ma
hogony, fustic, sarsaparilla, tobacco,
csoutehouc, jalap, inacahuite, ooffee, plan
taips, pineApples, oranges, mangoes, etc,
are spontaneous products OF the i1cDmpsrs'
Die soil. The vipe which. prosuees- the
vanilla bean, true parasite. groSs so lux.
uriantly that, when properly planted and
( kept free Of weeds by means OF the ma
che;e, . plantation after the third yeal
yields from 800 TO $1,000 per acre. NJ