The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-02
A LETTER FROM GRANT.

HIS views on the Mexican Treaty-An
Honest, strsightforw Letter.
NEW YORK, January 23.-General
Grant sent the following letter TO the
washington Evening Star relative to the
pending Mexican treaty:
New YoBK CITY, January %, Is8i.-To TIE
EdfEor or the WASHINGTON Eu47ii1sq Star. La
your Issue OF Saturday headed "The Mexican
Ifehty-Ihe SENATE Declines 10 Ratify II al
Present, l find the following paragraph.
WHY SosE OF THE SENATOR'S VOTED As.rssr
ia member OF congress ssid to Star reporter
to-day that there were scne vltes several of them
at Least cast against the Mencan tresty in the SEN
ate Tor tins reason: You see Grsrt and Romero
were partners IN Mexico and they OF tanned some
large concessions from that goyernnert in relation
70 railroad aud steamboat hnss. Now Grant is a
Ubitea mates coulmlss oner and Roru-ro a
Mexican commissioner and both Of them we're
exceedingly anxious TO have the treaty ratified II
Was suspected, and really can say IL was mora than
hspeaonea- mat ihes' two men, partners il busi-
ness, lad big private interests IN that treaty In
that II would aid them IN developing the rnornpoies
they want and As real good could be discovered
IN the treaty, nothing latent enough TO outweigh
This suspicion, WAS why several senators whom I
know Of concluded that the safest plan wou'd be 10
vote against it,
The statement that Grant and Romero are
partners IN Meuco and that thew obtaine d
some large concessions from that eoyerpIne nj
wholly without foundation. Mr. Romero and
myself never had IN our lives any pecuuiarv
transactions or business transactions Of any
kind. Since the close OF cur rebel
hon asd the expulsion of Maximillian
from Mexico there has been a warm
sympathy between Romero and nvself
Our views beng coincident as to the relations
that ought TO exist between Mexico and the
United States, We have 10th devoted much
time to bring ing about more intimate relations
between the two republics, and entirely gratu-
rousiy on our own part. myself have no p4cu-
mary interest IN any improy, nlents which
are taking place In Mexico with Amer
lean capital. but feel q great interest
IN Their success In tie paragrs ph quoted
above you say. II was suspected and really |
can say IT was more than suspicioned these
two men. partners IN bu iness, had big private
interests In that treaty. IN that il would aid
them IN developing The monopolies they want
etc. AS stated above, Mr.. Romero and myself
are not partners Ii anything. We have
neither OF us-I certainly have not
any more interest IN the ratification of that
treaty than any other private citizen Of my
country. | believe its ratification would be
great step towards establishing those rels-
tons between two contiguous republics which
ought to exist and which would be mutual
advantage might say here that 10 some argu-
ments that have read in periodicals of the time
l have seen urged against the treaty the fact
that Cuba WAS so near Mexico that IL would be
an easy matter to ship their sugsr TO thst coun-
try and reship IT from there, thus evadipg the
duties. OF course stringent laws would be
passed to make such acts Dangerous. but
aside from any law there are two answers in
that objection 10 the treaty. either of whichob-
Itself Is conclusive against that To
lection. First. Mexico has higher
tariff upon sugar than the United States has,
and they have rs provision in their laws for
rebate Of duties where imported articles are
exported. The second conclusive answer is
that 1t is only crude sugar which is admitted
free under the treaty and the difference be
tween Cuban raw sugar and Mexican raw sugar
is so great that il would not even require sd ex-
pert to tell the difference between them bv feel"
alone If be was hlindfolded. l write this from
SICK room and by dictation and therefore will
Dot go into details az | would If able TO sit up
and write myfeif. ! might add however, that
while | have spent thousands of dollars Of nv
own money and great deal of time TO a6-
vance the development of Mexico
United States capital and BY American ID
fuence. bave not one dollar of interest in all
that's been done and no pt cuuiarv interest
whatever ID the country except that / am one
OF the subscrlbers TO a railroad which lies
wholly 70 the south Cf the City If Mexico. and
The success tf which IL verv doubtful in these
times when II is so dificult to raise capital for
any such eDterpr ses. There i no stesnbos
charter or other monopoly IN which /
have the slightest pecunisry interest
Ny whole interest is IN developing
those relations which believe ought to exist
between contiguous countries snd particularly
those Of ike institutions. and IN the case of
Mexico / think II Is more i,nportant because Of
her grest undeveioped resources which must
make her soon a commercial state of very great
importance. Very truiy yours.
(Sgned) US. GRANT