National Republican., 1883-02-12


ported sugars coming from other countries,
she will not he able to furnish enough of
sugar to us within the limit of this treaty TO
aiiCct the price, In other words, She will get
tho benefit of our tariff in the price obtained
for the sugar she does send TO us, while our
own producers Of sugar will get the sale price
that they would If we had no Mexican or
Hawaiian commercial treaties. The advan-
tagcs to us consist i'm the large number of our
manufactured articles which Mexico will re-
ccivo free not only from port duties
but from internal taxation while in
transit TO the place of consumption
articles which MuMums very much
require in the development Of their country
and on which the present duties arc so high,
that they produce little or no revenue to the
Mexican government. The duties are pro-
hibitory. The articles 20 be so admitted are
under sevCuty-threC heads. Under some Of
these heads you might cuumcrate great
many, might say hundreds, of special arti'
clCs. will give yOua few of them. Under
one head they admit machinery of all sorts,
classes. and descriptions for mining, agricul-
turul, aud other purposes; under another
heading they admi agricultural implements; /;
under another, wagons, coaches, ana all
sorts Of vehicles that are pulled by animals
and under the head Of tools for mechanical,
scientific and all other purposes, they admit
tools that arc composed Ut brass, iron, steel,
or wood, or any combination of these mate
rials under another head they admit free
all classes of rolling stock, from the passenger
car 10 the steam engine, that are used upon
railways. Then there are many other articles
which are admitted under leads which do not
admit Of such minute specification rs to the
articles themselves, but among them
arc pctrOlCon, crude and refined /;
barbcd wires for fencing, with all
its fXturcs; houses of wood or iron,
built ready to put up in that country
pumps Tor mines, irrigatng, and all other
purposes forwhich pumps cul be used clocks
and many other articles extensively manu-
lacturcd in this country are put under the
seycnty-threC heads. II is believed that these
articles, being received free Of all duty will
end Il very large market in Mexico aud Mex
ico will find n corresponding benefit in the
rapid development OF her resources, and to
some extent by finding market IN our own
country for her products protected, rs IL is
by tariff upon similar articles that are
brought here from other countries than Mex.
leo
Now that We have railways penetrating
from our country into Mexico, in the absence
of treaty, the annOyanccs TO trade and COM
merce with that country will be illimitablC.
The goods, of course, will have TO be stopped
on the frontier and will have to pay duties
thereafter on examination, packing and re-
packing. They will be subjected then To an
Inspection, and to another tax in each state
that they pass through in reaching their dcs-
tination. While this treaty will not cover
all of those Cmbarrassmcnts, yet it is
fair to presume that, with the railways, and
with this treaty ratified, there will be little
or no difficulty in making mutual arrange
mcnts between the two countries for the pass
age of goods. This will free the transpOrta-
tion companies and the owners from all these
embarrassmcnts. 1t does tako them away on
all the articles cnumCrdtCd-and they are
about all we will be ablo to send to Mexico
so far as national duties and state taxation are
concerned, simply requiring regulations which
can be made by Mexico herself on her part,
and by the, United States treasury
on our part, to relieve the trans
fer of goods from these embaTassments.
There are very strong reasons why it should
be desirable for us to procure, as far as ii Is
practicable or possible for us to do so, tropical
and sumi-tropiCal fruits and products. In tho
first place we must consider our contiguous
position, similarity of institutions and the
fact that Mexico imposes no tax Whatever
upon her exports. They are all the product
of free labor and n republican government. At
the present such products us Mexico is capa-
BILE of producing are received from mOuarch-
cal countries, where they are tho products of
slave labor and heavy export duties are
levied. Thus we are paying into the treas
uries of the countries producing these
articles duties which go to sustain
this country so much blood and treasure to
get clear of; and, further, we are compelled
to make our payments in foreign exchange
almost exclusively, these countries buying
from us but very little, but going to Europe
with money which they receive from us to
purchase their articles OF import. Mexico
will buy our manufactures in payment of all
that she sends to us, and for years to come
great deal more than she can pay for by her
exports of products of tho soil.
l was very anxious to have embodied in this
treaty clause which would require all goods
transported by water between the two COun-
tries TO he transported in ships built in the
United states or in Mexico, and owned in one
or the other of the two countries and run un-
der the laws of the country TO which the
ships belong, TO have the benefit of tho free
trade established by this treaty. But it was
matter which did not suggest itself to my
mind until the treaty had been submitted to
the Mexican president and cabinet, and when
IL did occur to me | communicated my desire
in this matter to the minister for that coun-
try, who communicated it at once to his own
government There has been no reply Us vet
TO the request to have that inserted in the
treaty as IN article, but ] have sincere hopes
that If this treaty is ratified Il supplementary
treaty embracing that provision, which would
be 50 advantageous to both countries, might
bo made.
"a am thoroughly satisfied that this treaty
will bc of great benefit TO the manufacturers
of this country, 10 al! persons engaged in
transportation by rail ana water, and to in-
vestOrS In Mexican railways and indirectly
to the whole people, while it will not work to
the prejudice of any class OF producers what
ever in our country, As | have stated earlier
in this interview, IL will be many years
before Mexico can have surplus of
sugar to send to our country, that
will affect the price of the article.
The price will continue to be regulated by
what we have got 10 pay lor sugar which
pays the duties here and also pays an export
duty where it is produced. As matter OF
fact, without being able to state accurately
the quantity of sugar produced in this cOun-
try, believe the whole product is only about
equal to tho annual ncrvuse ot consumption
of the article; in other words, that the native
sugars raised in l-sa win ho about the cQuiya-
lent Of the consumption of lass over that of
ltS!. While this IL an interest that should
not be destroyed, it is not 50
large an interest ms to make il worth while
To prejudice all our manufacturing interests
TO foster II. While the benefits of this treaty
will bc iylt in all parts OF our country, thcrC
is probably no part Of il which will feel it 50
much as just that portion which does produce
the little sugar that we make. New Orleans
aud Galveston, and probably Mobile, win he
come large shipping points between tho tw,
countries in the exchange Of their COmmod
ities."
Miss IShcrTOod's Assanant Caught.
New NoRK, Feb, ll.-Wilium Barlow, whC
attacked Miss Chrstiana sherwood, daughter