New-York tribune., 1884-01-24
GRANT AND MEXICO.
WHY THE TREATY SHOULD BE RATIFIED.

xor A PARTNER OF NJ. RoMERo-LITTLE PEcUN-
larry INTEREST IN THE COUNTRY.
General Grant has sent the following letter to
The Washington Ereaag Star relative to the pending
Mexican Treaty;
NEw-YoRK CITY, Jan. %, 1884.
roh< Editor Of The Wdshingoa Erening s'dr;
In your issue Of Saturday, headed :" The Mexican
rrnatv-The Senate declines ratify it at present"
find the following paragraph
WHY SOME SENATORS VOTED AGAINST IT.--A member OF
Cnress sa o them at least cast against the
weyican Treaty in the Senate for this reason You see
hnsd some large concessions from that Government
in relation railroad and steamboat lines Now Grant
ran Commissioner and both OF them were exceed
nsiy anxious TO have the treaty ratified 1t
ss suspectcd-and really can't say 1t was more than
nspicon-tha these two partners in business had
BIZ private interests in that treaty. that 1t would aid
nam In deyeopng the monopohes they want, and as
no real good could be discovered In the treaty nothing
patent enough to outweigh thus suspicion, wny several
would be 10 vote against IT,"
The statement that Grant and Romero were partners
in Mexico and that they obtained some large CONCESSIONS
from cha, Government in relation TO railroad and steam
boat lines is wholly without foundation. Mr.. Romero
and myself never had lives any pecuniary trans
actions or business transactions of any kind since the
rloe Of our Rebellion and the expulsion of Macmillan
from Mexico there has been warm sympathy between
Mr. Romero and myself views being coincdent as TO
the relations that ought TO exist between Mexico and the
ing about more intimate relations between the two repub
lies and entirely gratuitOusy part myself
have no pecunary interest in any OF the Improvements
which are taking place IN Mexico with American caita'
but feel great interest in their success.
In the paragraph quoted above you say 1t was sus
pected-and really can't say twas more than suspc
ion-that these partners in the business mad
big private interests in that treaty. that 1t would ana
them in developing the mOnOpOles they want ec' As
stated above Mr. Romero and myself are not partners ID
anything We have neither OF usI certainly have not
ANY more interest In the ratification or that treaty haD
ANY other private citizen of my country believe It's
ratification would be great step toward establishing
those relations between contiguous repubncs
which ought TO exist and which would be of mutual sd
vantage.
Imght say here that in Of the arguments which
have read in the periodicals of the time have seen
urged against treaty the fact that Cuoa
was so near 10 Mexico that it would be easy matter to
shin their hogsand their sugar to that country and re
shin il from there thus evadng the duties VI course
gerous but from any law, there are two answers
TO that objection to the treaty either Of wea Is III s
conclusive ~ against that objection trst MeAeo NAE
higher tariff upon sugar than the Unlted states Hts
fhey have provision In their laws for rebate OF uute
where imported articles are ltAporeu Ino a. oo "a
elusive answer is that X is only crude sugar WhlcA is au
tween tween the Cuban raw sugar and the Mexican
raw sugar Is great that 1t would not even
isem By the feel" alone if he was blndfolded.
write this from sick-r0om and by dicI9uon. ana ana
10 sit up and write myself might add, however, that
while nave spent thousands of dollars OF my own money
and great deal OF time to advance the development or
Mexico by United States capital and by American lDnu
epce have not one dollars interest in ali that has been
done pecuniaTy interest whatever IN the country
except that / am OF the subscribers to railroad,
which lies wholly 10 the south OF the city OF Mexico and
the success of which very doubtful IL these times When
il difficult 10 raise capital for any such enterprises
There is no steamboat charter other monopoly III which
have slightest pecuniary interest Ny whole interest
exst between con countries and particularly those
Of Ike institutions, and in the case OF Mexico think
more important because of her great undevelOped re
sources which make Der commercial state OF
very great Importance. Very truly yours, 80