Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-11-30

During the past three or four years
great attention has been bestowed by
American capitalists and mel chants
upon our next-door neighbor, Mexico.
That republic adjoins our own, and
after very long period of political
turbulence ii has at last settled down to
policy of cultivating the arts of pe9ce.
This change is probably due TO the
French invasion and the attempt to
create n Mexican empire, with the
Archdukc Maximilian at its head. The
patriotism of the MeXicans was aroused,
and under the lead of Jaurcz, the great
est man the country ever produced the
invasion was repelled and, Ma&imilian
dethroned.
Since then, with one exception, the
elections have proceeded regularly, and
the country has been peaceable. A
revolution under the leadership of Gen.
Diaz was successful, :and the general
became president,
Only this one revolution has taken
place in seventeen years, and that is
no more than France has had and not
as many as have taken place in Spain.
The resources of Mexico are marvel
lous. For mining and agriculture they
are equal TO those of the territories Of
the United States, if not greater. Here
toforc, however, these resources have
been undevcloped, partly because the
people were poor, partly because they
were not cntcrprsing, and also because
the means accommodation and trans
portatiOn were lacking.
Americans have now undertaken the
work of the development of Mexico.
They are building great lines of rail
way connecting the capital, the city Of
Mexico, with our own trunk lines Of
railroad, along the wonderful plateau
known as the table lands. They alc
also building other railroads across the
continent from the Gulf Of Mexico to
the Pacific ocean.
Millions of dollars are already in
vested in these enterprises, while the
government Of Mexico encourages by
liberal subsidizing. Thus far Tie re-
turns TO capital are promising, and
those who have put their money into
the foreign lines have every reason to
be satisfied with the prospect.
1t is expected that the opening Of
the new country will greatly stimulate
trade between the United States and
Mexico. Indeed, the attention which
has been given here to our sister repub-
lie has already increased dourcommerce,
although it was only in September OF
this year that line of railroad from
this country into Mexico opened.
Up to 1873 the largest amount of our
domestic and foreign exports to McXi-
60 in one year was vhlucd ut little
more than seven and half million dol
lars. In the year from July, 1880, to
June, 1881, our exports TO that country
were more than eleven million dollars.
Up TO the year 1873 the largest
amount Of imports from Mexico in one
year was valued at five and Il quarter
millions. In the year lSSO-Sl it was
valued at more than eight and II quar-
ter millions. Thus in three years our
trade in each direction increased fifty
per cent.
During the nine months from July,
1881, to the end OF MarcL, 1882, we
exported TO Mexico more than eleven
million dollars worth of goods, and
imported more than six million dollars
worth. This shows a stationary condi-
tion of the import trade, but an in
crease in u single year of about one
third in the exports.
We call this Il new conquest Of McNi-
60. The republic TO the south of us
becomes indebted to the United States
for Il large development of itsrcsourccs,
and it will speedily come under the
peaceful rule OF our commerce.