, 1879-02-20

!llc uum1cT I'll tuIaoitAHt& ~ lleXicg VIII nOusl
10 consumers Of goods imported from the
United States Under the prescnt d'itios and
chargcsf"
1T would be a hard matter 10 find million
pcnnlo therc that could begin 70 buy anything
when You cunsider tho dress Of tho .peoplc, you
ean very easily rec what taIclF denlafHi for
goods must he. Even With cotton cloth at 12H
sss e y, 80 sRss: " w put d" 6s,ss ;s s.n
hundred yesrs sinse one of the VicsVcrcuts H.
sued au edict ob!'ging the ueopie TO eIothc
themselves, 10 cover tl,elr uakedncss, ntnl very
HOW
"What do roll thfnx Of tho following asser.
tou OF M!nfatcr Foster In regard to Tic prnsncct
Dl consunug Eotds !tiluurttd into Mexicnf
There accmi IL bc In the United States M cx-
altcd Idea Of thoInagnitude Of The 1n,sshc trade
With Mexico. Ihe people who entertain ltls
idea db not knoH That aoout twu-trLs Ut the
entire population fn,lIais, tut, In tllc pres.
cut depressed condition Of alfioht ait industrial
pursnits, These people have little employment,
10 sat tle majority OF them du not work lIalf n
year The price ol common labor outside Of
tile few cIt'rs of Industrial success would not
average moro than 25cents pcr day, and In many
cents. 20 that. consldtr'g the lille an.t feast
days, tic mass Ut tic wurkinE pGoptc Of
~. Mckee do not receive 121f cents per. aas.
e nsssssafy III y a VIII ,e
buy tic daily rastobs Of beans, coru.cakcb, null
peppers upuu Which they mainly substst. and Il
few yards of cotton cloth fasm'sh shets wearing
apparel tor ycar. IL does not require SKILL
1uI calculator to estimate the amount Of lOr-
ctEn culntlcEcs needed BY this portion Of the
}opn'atsou. Tiers are tttglo countirs III the
United States which cpnsnnlc mors articles OF
ioteEn trade than tho rliols Republic OF Meg
"That Is - vel, put Al It could he. and. In
On}UI3f1. Gtrfrtly ttttA. taIlt1nt o1,i Auv.
thing 10 that statement"
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
"You have incidentally referred to agrieuit-
itra implements. Is 1t true that their Use IL so
little understood that laboEers arc very SLOW tu
ncccpt them, aud tllut the pattern In USE 5000
ysars ago On the glatns Of Asia Is tllat which
generally prevails In Atcxico so.dayi't
That ls cmphaticalty true. At oue place VIC
we're iold tsnt ali tic necessarr touIs Tor
making excavations would be eaalIy fo.,,d
ptck.axcs, and wooden shovcls lusseal OF steel
p!atcs. We got tw0 OF three old iron slsoyois,
but our mrn-natiycs--prctcrrcd to use thu
wooden ones, becausc, ~ they said, they we're
sec one ox-yoke Of american pattern III use In
tl.e whole country. but, on the contrary, the
peop1e use the saule yokc that Is used III the far
East, lash!ng y to The horns Of tc animals. I
brought one of tlIcsc primitive yo1ses home with
ME ,s1Id intend to place IT, IN tEe window OF
Ilompson's restaurant, where Chicago pcuplo
cab sge II, | was speaking to oi,c ul lIvu
principal cngtnccra whlc there In regard to the
said aome gentleman lad proposed the 1lse OF
an Improved dllchlnE.tnnchnc, bat illcy rau,o
to the conclusion ilAt they llnd tie best ditch
fng-tnnch'ne IN Mexico in tl,e wosld.-the In
dtans, who could be employed at II ccEts day.
We'll, that Is all scry true, ~ sense. for until
YOU can prOyiaa something else for thcnl to do
you had best lot them be dtchng. Willie there
also visited match factory, aud when baw
i1e!r primitive WY q Doing work suggested
The gentleman In charge, said: THAT ia
true In your country, but ,hcrr, where
labor Is so cl,eap, we think 1t bet
ter to use labor than the machines
districts there against agricultural implements
thut formerly prevailed here. President UInz,
however, says lie In. introduced aone machines
on Ills own hacienda, ahd IL satisfied with the
can DO rs he wants 10. Auy extended intrt.luc-
tlon OF machinery would throw largc number
Of men out Of employment. and. unless they
could gct something else to do they would be-
Ind burn lie machinery"
"is not tle rate Of exchange large Tux on
foruign tradc1'
"lt certn!nly ia. We found, for instance,
that Nc" York exchange would eclI rcadilr IN
Mexico for 25 Def cent advance. How Is d man
going 10 send home !: any, moneys under sucll
circuinatanccsl The merchants will soon figure
ll,ut uut thenEcFcs.H
ain Yicw Of tic fact that ait payments arr
nlado III silver, md the Guvcrnalcnt exucts u
duty OF per cent on all siiycr c1purted; that
the rule oL trade IS tor importers To sell goods
On twclvc months' credit: that sflycris brought
| at long Intervals Of time, from remote Suites,
ulld has to bn noYed
u.DkK AHMED rt0TECT1oH.
| the merchants awaiting tta arrival before tl1ry
cnn get rcinfttanccs,-!n view 0f all this, what
al rr,tn it1nk of ftt n frl,},,
I Mextco}"
| swell, # isn't especially Inviting to the INA.
jOrfty Of American merchants. think these
difficulties may bG overcome In measure. but
wl'cIl,er the advantages which Mexico oilers arr
Equal to the advantages here-ttIAt Is, whether
We can sell more goods at hosne an
with less risk at!d loss effort than NC cut, there
without tue, long acquaintance wlah the ways 1t
| doug business thcrc-ts something about which
II seems to 1ue, ts,er1 ncc.i be no question. A
fow merchants In Mexico hare The ground ul
hold II, IND a stranger going tllere stands bul
| very small show. The agent OF thc Remington
Sewing g-alarhlne Company told mo La dependet
on tho integrity Of the mcn llc denls with to Eei
his money. an. not at all on the law 4 stranger
going lhcrc, unarQua1ntcd with the tlitllcl,lticl
III tho way Of tratte, would be likely to snse
with scrious aabarrasetl,etts, md, as ! boIicEe
would do great denl butter at Aomc.n
"What d., you think uf tho prospect ot /
rich md proltnble field Of Investment In rol>
AMI silver mining as long ~ Il costs from l354
| to 15M per cent 10 export silver from MexIeu Il
| LonIUn or New York, Of which frOm 1015 to /:
per cent uro lical anl Government taxes uut
cAnrgcsi"
~ think the hoa7J taxes tlmt tho Govern
mcnt imposes upon Tho miners, The nosslbtlltleI
Ut Icytea for the support Of the Government
the danger Ut revolutions, The general insecutl
tY Of property which makes 1t ncccssarY for AZ
| armed guard TO protect every bur of coin lila
goes tu Mexico or out Into tho country, arc Buct
disadvantages thAt iAe rhallcGs arc much hctte
for mining in tllB United States, whore VIC hayt
n!enty Of rich MINIS Mtltl all thu protection d
il,e GoyeEnsncnt wc need without being attend
| cd BY q squad OF soldiers"
"'lhat brings us down to thu statement a
Minister Foster, lh1It there Is no rcal security
tpr ltfc aud propcrtYanl tie enforcement ot Til
law. Aru you prepared to iuorsu ll.At!"
II am. Thu first tntiIuaEi0n received thu
there was my possible insecurity was when
saw tue armed guard OF sodicrs attending tn
pusstng train. GuncraIly, the Grst car In irstt
contains soldiers. At lhe deDots VIC saw
sqund at cavalry drawn up IN line awaiting th'
arrival Of the train. They were uuslea tn tht
i. hrlghborhood to patrol the country ulld
PROJECT TIlA NAllNoAp
and tho peop!o generally. The railway station
t.ato geucrally walled In a'0Ig The lfAe ut th
ratIrtltl. lIte Arst day Wa were In the CITY 0