, 1879-02-20

R03ua VIII. A1!i! Until illcy arc etnfl0Scu IN
sumo Industry wh!el, shall furnish them money,
t|'tY can't buy. Their wants nre e|tnplc. a
few yards Of cotton suffice for their clotng for
the year, while hehns. corn.cakrs. anu fruits are
theft principal article. uf fuod."
"ls it not n laet that tic rnrond from Vera
Cruz to the City Of Mexico, running through tic
rtclIctt pnrt %: the Republic, Inns never pafd fnucc
than per cent nser operating cxpsnscs, willie
tho Interest on tn ,!rbt Is 3 per ccutl"
~ cart Ciyo e1act tgures, but cau till son
thle 'n,lel,; Mrt Jackson. niana9ar Of TIC road,
told TIC they had very llar.t tlno. that The c1-
nst,scs veto serf heavy and thu proflts light.
road, mud The local PASSENGER traffic doesn't
amount TO anything. II doesn't seem to mo
HUT t1lcrc can be any grcat amo,!nt Of !rG'gt!t
lrH1lic, as compared With uur roads, anl oon't
! QUO by any nlcats. fsle fact that ratcs are 80
high would scctn 10 Indicate that they couldn't
have grcat deal Of business. pai.! tour ce,ts
onlinl freight on some curiositits from alcxIeo
to Vetn Cruz, distance Of 2u0 miles, and they
uAvK NE SPECIAL HATES
at That. As for The road itself, IL IL one Of thc
hest conducted and onc Of tile best rt'a1s have
over sccn. It Is tile finest piece OF engineering
| ever tnw. The managers Of thc road did every
@ ir9 a Soa 'Sg or pastS "s 10 make COM
"1n rtcw of Mextco's large European md
American debt. the fact that the iutics on t1u-
purte nro pledged to secure those debts, that for
twsnts-four years al'e hug never paid in falI
fS11 has paid interest ut alt; tlinl The salaries
uf Government ot!ecrs ure largely 70 arFeafs,-tn
voW Of Ill this, Is It tut fact lint Mexico fsHn-
M ahe to promote any Internal improvements
"That's q rather lang question, but believe
| It Ia true. Lct me- give yon nnOtlicr instance;
slr. j. j. Thtbault, the United States Cunsular
t,ar In front Of tie faror at tint port, md the
Government was very anxious To have 1t done nuI
willing to accept llis psoposisioi. ami pay him Us
suon us j. could. but fie wished 10 depend upon
came In, and asked the President to be allowed
| to do so The reply he gut wns TINT those re-
| cclpts wcsr already pledged In advance for
su.nethlng else. waa toli tint the Weaithy
otslsevs sere Wiling ta 1s Ia arrcars,go With
out thcr pay-provldcd the army could be paid.
as they considered that necessary tn The lite Of
thr milton. Tie taet Is, the moment shc
solaicrs, Is not paid they become uneasy,
dies md equipments. unt!, As fs ot,sn the casc,
tnkr to tie road us rubhers. 'bcieye that
AtcIlco Is willing to make internal Improve
Wst' b. T. utterly po"91iess to foI te III
| 81 ,0v0, 600 ngainst that Of Inst year"
"1t is hardly probable, then, that t1et Mcx-
can Government will be Rple to rnf 6ta.Nn
Of It's intelligent, puhllc mcu,, belIeye will eycn.
| tuhlly result In their natiDna! rHiu."
"Of course It il not probable, and, IN fact.
| when We sce tic action Of her representative
@ no,s,bje. m Tbere must be ciauee tp tt,e scnti.
msnt Of her Officials bcfose It can possibly be-
| DONE" -
"Dld your observations lend you to the con-
eluson that the Mexican tariff 10 practically pro.
| htbltorY on MANY classes Of goods4"
| ''TnxY DID, MOST DECIDEDLY.
| They duties asc t.sce-!old: nat!oual, municipal,
u1Hl Sta;e. The duty is such on tile article of
brootns, for instance. tIAt, wlfto they cGst f2 n
aoxeh ~ Assw 1ofS Ut Ivy H. oga's, @ IVY @ sust
drom " 70 % laia an"n H. tac Gty o. slexlco.
INC peonIe scncsatlS Nse hanatu! 9! coafee
grass tiea up ~ stfine, TO aweep rhcr HOUSES,
sidewalks, and even Tie streets ihcy have 10
idea q using otooias as We ao. IN iaet, aon't
want tllen'' ai!u low cafl !herehan1 tnake anS
noncy on snndstE them thsset thsn' aEa.n,
thkc tho matter of naiis' Ihe natives use no
nails to 6nilu thcir nuts. lhey arc f1nae o.
fa1dc ofleEs Or mud Wltn Iool o.
Noses ana tnaeSn. eosessa WIZ M, W.
nana ana paltn-lcaScs anu straw. 1herc
70 no sort OF use iol nnlis lh tne
\ large towns, the noateca nte 1tlk largely al
st1ne, but lucy hare more hftluiliss u lne Clty
~ fact, there is almost no building sol'lG on
mere roy: Ia. LAY San eca "'u' 'oF' u '"asAe'
'''SsH ,,;1 ~ ~ @ nH.ss' MaS ,,,,.t.,s,,,
,or,fr. }rovaiii,,r "Tn 1 ~ uri, 1tnianr Ens,.r
saanE. r1i,o nati,r.i ,n,,nicnai md ststn
spenaks'M.t"G nul.onn,. n".s.s.iei; n;ia esst9 lay
duties s. tue latter M varying iroin , y 5 to 13,5' and
nj rnr nin,r ',ia ~ IN nntie,', witi, snme mar.
uu ~ ,n.,.,..,,s VIZ tGot. su,o pnI
@ r.,, a noor ~ iIn 1"nnr"r 1,,,snn
eo scfa "'ln hra sorpv 1esessas
other produce o., eelr 1aeSs g., on c2uinE snto
',,, si1 III " "'p nrai,,ca ~" T. T.
atao"cu h 10 ,,o scn us ,, p'ouuve IT, sr,n ~ "a
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ta1es III MeAso. N: ai!, IT.. .G tsi,,, poos "
nx hts ax i. bas t G" 1cayc soma na r"r" II
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