Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-12

price obtained Tor sugar ehe does send
us, while our own production OF sugar
will get the same price they would IL
we had no Mexican or Hswailsn
commercial treaties. TIE advantages
to us coneist in the large number of
manufactured ar,i,les which Mexico
will receive free, not only from port
duties, but from internal taxation,
while in transit to the place OF cou.
sumption, articles which the Mexi.
csns very much require Ia the devel.
opment of their country, on which the
present duties are 80 high that they
produce little or no venue to the
M xicsn government. The duties are
ir ,hibitory1 The articles to be g.
admitted are under seventy three
heads. Under some of these heads
you might enumsrate u great many, /
might cay hundreds Ct sp, cial articles
l will give you a few of them Under
one head they admit machinery Of oil
sorts, Glasses and description for min.
ing, agricultural and other purposes
Under another heading they admit sg-
ricultural implement.; under another,
wagons, coaches and all sorts of vehi
Giles that are pulled by animals, and
under the head Of tools for mechanical,
scientifi, and all other purposes they
admit tools that are composed of brass,
iron, steel or wood, or any combina-
ton Of these materials. Under
another head they admit free
all classes OF rolling stock from
pssseng ger to steam engine that
are used on railroads. Then there are
many other articles admitted under
heads which do not admit such minute
specification az to articles themselves,
but among them are petroleum, crude
and refined; barbed wire for f.ncing,
with alf it's fixtures; houses of wood or
iron, built ready to put up in that
country; pumps for mines, irrigstina
and other purposes Cor which pumps
can be used, clocks and many other
articles extensively manufactured In
this country are pat under seventy.
three heads. 1t Is believed those
articles being received free from
all duty will fud a very
large market in Mexico, and Mexico
will fad q corresponding benefit
In the rapid development Of her re-
sources and to some extent be finding
q market In our country for her
products, protected as 1t is by tariff
upon similar articles that are brought
here from other countries than Mex
leo. Now that we have railroads pen
etrsting from u country into Mex
leo, In the absence Of treaty annoy
ances, our trade and with
that country will be illimitable.
Goods, Of course, will have to be
stopped on the frontier and will have
to pay duties there After examina
ton, packing aud %repacking, they will
ne subjected then to inspection aud
then to another tax In the state
they pass through in reaching their
destination. While the treaty will not
cover all these embsrrassmen,s, yet I
is tair to presume that with railroads
and with this treaty ratified, there
will be little or no difficulty In making
mutual arrangements between the two
countries f)r the passage of goods
This will free transp, rtstion compa
nies and owners from all these embar
rassments. 1t does take them away
on all articles enumerated, and they
are about all we are able to send tt
Mexico. Az far AZ national dutiel
and state tax alton are concerned, they
simply req lire regulations which car
be made by Mexico herself on he
part, and by the United States treas
ury on our part. To relieve tn,
transfer Of these goods from embar
easements, there are very strong res
sons why it should be desira
BILE for us to procure as ia
as it is practicable or possible for us Il
so, tropical and SENT. tropical fruitl
and products. In the first place W,
, must ccnhider our contiguous position
} similarity Of institutions, and tn
faci hat Mexico imposes no to,
whatever upon her exports. The,
are all the products IF free labor an,
republic IN labor aud republican gov
eminent. At present ruch product
as Mexico Ia capable # producing ar
received from monarchisl countrie
where they are the products of slav
labor and heavy exports duties ar
levied. Thus we are paying into tn
treasury of the country producin
these articles, dutie, which go to Ger
tain les itutions that has cost us i
this country so much blood an
'reasure to get clear of; and further "
are compelled to make our payment
4 in foreign exchange almost exclusive
ly these countries buying from u
ve'y little, but going to Europe wit
he money which they receive fro'
, us to purchase their articles of impor
Mexico will buy our manufactures i
: payment of all she sends rs, and fc
: ears to come o great deal more tina
: she can pay for BY her exports an
products # the soil. l am vor
anxious TO have embodied in th
treaty q clause which would requil
q all goods TRANSPORTED by water b,
. tween the two couutries be transporte
ia ships built in the United States 4,
n Mexico and owned la one or the 9th,
of the two countries, and RI
0 under the laws OF ii
= country to which the ships belon
a to have the benefit of free trade ests
!. lished by this tready, but it was
matter which did not suggest itseIf
ma until the treaty had been submit
% ted to the Mexican president and ca
d met, and when 1t did occur 90 me,
" coIum anicated my desire in this ma
le ter to the minister for that count
8 who communicated 1t at once to h
p own government. There has been
B. reply 90 yet to the request to hs
a. that inserted In the treaty as IN ar
4. Gle, but l have sincere hopes II II
lie treaty is ratified q supplements
ly treaty embrs eng that provisio