Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-12

gled In from Cuba and from Europe.
Sooner or later, however, they arc
caught, and parties engaged in the
business are punished by = forfeit aud
fine, and 1t is not probable this business
will be carried on successfully to any
greater extent than any smuggling; In
other words, II Is q question which
concerns not the treaty making power,
but the administration of the treasu.
~. The treaty presents very great
advantages for the United States and
for Mexico. As they t,uch each
other on the frontiers and have STINT.
lsr institutions, 1t would seem neces
sary the two countries should err y
the most intimate relations, but the
well known fact that, many years
back, Mexico had been sensitlvely
afraid of American encroschments.
Mexican suspicious Of us are now
in large degree d,spelled,
as Is shown by their willingness
to negotiate such q treaty as the one
nov before the senate The develop.
ment of our railroads running into
Mexico and the development In Mexi.
co consequent upon the building Of
these roads and the increase Of gen.
eral business and industry must inev.
itably make Mexico q large CONNER.
cial country, increasing In importance
from year to year In q very fair ratio,
and il we fail now to use this first op
portunity that we have had of cult
waiting closer relations, 1t 10 not
only possible but probable that
1t will Re q matter of years
before we can expect another oppor-
tunity to negotiate such q treaty.
With this ratified by both govern
ments, it msy be assumed to be pcs.
sible to make another treaty subse-
quently which shall remedy any de-
fects which may b found In the
working Of this one. Another very
good reason for Its ratification Is the
fact that it has been, and Is now, vio-
lently opposed by importing mer-
chants and agents residing In Mexico.
Foreign merchants there r an
influential class, because. they I'm,
port pretty nearly all goods i'm.
ported Into the country. Cons q1ently
they pay into the Mexican treasury
q large percentage Of all present re.
| venues of that county. Their il fluence
Ia increased by the fact that small re-
t~ailers, generally natives Of the
country, who purchase heir goods
from these imp rters on long o edits.
Consequently, as you see, these for
eign merchants have grest influence
both with the governing of officials
and with enterprising Mexican deal
ers. The are upon the spot 10 work
against this treaty, while we
nave no corresponding class of
American citizens at present in
that country to represent u side
OF the question. The president of the
republic, however, and his cabinet
have had independence and as I think
good sense to accept this treaty as II
is O presented in our senate, and
they accepted this though they had
begun by being very strongly preju'
diced against making any commercial
treaty with tho Unitod States. I know
the objection has been, or may bt
raised TO this treaty from the fac'
that there IL nothing In 1t which pro
hibits Mexico with making timi'al
treaties with other countries. 1,
would be hardly fair for us to hav'
asked Mexico to have restricted
her own powers without on
restricting ourselves In the SAM
way, and 1t is not probable any treat!
could have been ratified by the sen
ate of the United States which con
|. tanned a clause prohibiting tn
United States from making a treat.
like this or any other treaty, wit
other countries, whenever 1t shout,
seem proper and advantageous to d
30. But it is not likely that Mexlc
will consider q similar treaty wit
any European country, because ther
la no European country that can Civ
Mexico the market for her sur
: plus products that we can
} and they are furthermore remot
from M xico, and not neighbors a
we are Tais treaty, if 1t goes int
effect, will naturally bring the peopl
of the two adjoining republics close
together, but 1T gives material advan,
1 ages In another way to both of Ut
, We receive from Mexico all the proc
. ucts she is capable OF producing, ur
manufactured articles, that is, twenty
, eight in number. OF these article
twenty-one are at present on the fire
= list and six are articles which enter I
| greater or less extent int
our manufactures, ana whic
2 We do not produce. Thel
/ are but two articles produced by U
which are admitted free from Msxie
under the treaty--one 70 crude sugr
the other leaf tobacco. Taking til
o latter Into consideration frat, I COL
9 csive the treaty would be very sd vsr
t tsgsous to us, and certainly sdvantai
eous TO Mexico, because under 1t "
are only to receive tobacco free frol
duty In it's pnmanufactured stat
d and tobacco which they raise do'
not correspond at all to tn, artic
It raised by US, but is similar aud eqd
in quality TO the tobacco raised
Cuba. 1t Is to be presumed wac
y Mexico raises enough of this tobacC
to supply the market the manuf 1ctul
of our own Ii .vana cigaes will tax
f. place In our W country, and Il
tobaooo of Mexico being fres from g
port duty In Mexico wa shall be large
able to compete with Havana
outside markets II the world in +,
If articles manufactured, tobacco al
1t cigars. In regard II her sug
k Mexico at the present til
does not raise, perhaps, a que
es ton of what her OVID consun
f. ton is or will be with railroads to di
tribute 1t. The country has great c
pscity for raising sugar, but the ter
toy where sugar can be raised
without irrigation, aud lies Z ,lusiye