The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-10
Msrnirs sf.r and Catholic Messenger.
WV .INr.r.s TUToIv, MARCH 10 rs
GEN R0sEcEANS ON MENICo.


bus. Ohio, ,hsarccently written an important
letter to a San Francisco paper on the suo-
iect of the relations of this country with
Mexico. As the General has visltod d Mex
icoapumber of times during the last ten
years, his opinions are worthy OF CONSIDER
alton. He says:
Your Washington press dispatches,
three or four days since, gave some
Information respecting Mexico, tur-
portipp TO be on the authority of our Min
lister, MIR. Foster, which gives our business
people very inadequate information OF the
commercial and monetary condition OF onr
sister republic, whnso ten million OF people
have the hi hest interest in becoming dairy
more cloeely unite d to- us by intercommer-
eial ties.
tender in Mexico, but Bs late AS my last
visit to that country silver only was 40,
and geld wes commodity bought aud so!d
as at the East.
9 The chronic business and commercial
depres, ;on in Mexico IL due to causes very
different from Tat of having silver regal
tender or bfmGta!ic circulating medium,
As your news lnsiuuRtcs.
il ia worth while 10 call affection to these
causes. In 1869, upon the best data OBJ
iaiuable in the city of Mexico, estimated
the coin in circulation in the republic at
f25 600 600, OF 81 80 per capita on it's Pop
ulation. Mr.. Romero, Secretary or the
Treasury, thought this estimate excessive,
and that the amount would not much ex-
ceed 81 50 per inhahitant
3. The foreign imports into Mexico
amount to some $25, 100000 per annum.
They are consumed principally on the
table lands. The consumers can not ex-
port their agricultural or mineral products
80, Co. thnan ,p,~ fnA do
Of the expense of freighting to the ocean.
They have no railways to collect produce
at table land Shipping points. For 5000
miles of sea coast they have only one rail-
way ana few poor wagon roads to the
table, lands, where dwells most of the pop
ulation. With the exception of few
minor items for export, the only thing that
can 20 from the table lands to pay for i'm
ports is specie. Accordingly, every month
sees exported from 81 500 600 to 81, 2,250,-
900, drawn from their already deficient
circulating medium. Conceive a country
With only one tenth the facilities of bust
ness communication which we possess, 30
dollar of circulating medium could not
do more than fourth as much daily duty
As with US conceive such q country, with
greater needs in proportion to business,
instead of having $lS or $50 per inhabi-
tant to have only 81 or SO: conceive, in
abort, the business of the country patient
nearly bloodless in the hands of doctor,
who insists upon bleeding him copiously
and often, and you have an idea OF what is
the matter with Mexico. Not the silver
nor the bimetalic standard, but scarcity and
constant drainages from its circulating
medium to pay for imports, are the causes
Of the chronic stagnation of business in
Mexico.
Let our business men who are told that
Mexican commeIce can never he of much
value turn 4 deaf ear to such stuff.
THE COMMERCE OF TEN MILLIONS OF PEo-
PIE IS NO SMALL PRIZE.
To multiply this manifold, Mex leo needs
facilities for doing business-that is rail
Ways and larger amounts OF circulating
medium. Increase these, and her CONNER
cial wants and powers "f paying for their
qualification will increase.
Her present admin minlstrAtion-GeneralD DiaZ
and his Cabinet-is, l don't say the most
cultivated, but the most modern and Gu
iightened that Mexico has ever had. 1t has
already the good will of the great body OF
our people, whom, it ia To be hoped, our
own Government will soon begin intelh
gently to represent With proper aid and
support from our own Government and peo
pie, the DiaE administration can do much
10 initiate the measures which will secure
to Mexico these two great requisites to her
growth in commerce and population. 1t is
desirable that such support should be back
ed by an enlightened public sentiment
among our people, especially among San
Franciscans, who, above all others, are in
terested in it.
This latter suggestion reminds me that
noticed in late news item that Sebastian
Lerdo's friends were going to run him for
the Presidency after the expiration of Gen.
Oiazs term.
Why does not our press notice with due
honor the noble and rare self abnegatIon of
Gen. DiGZ, WHO, like our own Hayes, pro-
claimed himseif!n favor of "Une term for the
Presidency" and already since his election
has had that made n part of tho Constitu-
tion of Mexico. WHAT American heart does
aot warm towards man capable of such
msgnanimity and snG dnnalf What Amcri-
ran can help feeling indignation at the
shameless American hating and hypocritul
Lerdo, whose frat election was the result
Of accident, and his second the result of
open, universal, military aud monetary
ball dosing, and whose trends, in defiance
Ofthis constitutional amendment, propose
50 run thai notorious individual tor "third
.eImf"
The trne Interests of Mexico lie in the
NnsintainanCe OF Gen. DiaG and his admin
The trn NJ nE h