Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-21
MEXICO.

The treaty with Mexico, which was rati
ned by the Senate the other day, provides
'ha' such articles as are now admitted from
one country into the other free of duty shn)l
remain free of duty, aud the chief new cno.
ccssions to be made by the two Countries arc
as follows The United States offers 10 adj.
INIT from Mexico, free Of duty, barley, beef
fruits oil all kinds, hemp, and sisal grass and
other substitutes for hemp, sugar not above
NO. 10 Dutch standard in color, :. ?. brown
or unrehned sugar, mola6scs, tobacco in leaf
and vegetables Mexico Oh the other hand
offers to admit from tie United States free
OF duty, books, iron and steel in ysrlons
FORMS machinery, implements, tools, ius,ru.
ments' ami apparatus OF all kinds Tor indus.
trial. agricultural, and mining purposes. and
LOT Zoe 10 the vaiiOus arts, coaches and car.
rlsgos of all sorts, carts, whcelbarrows raj,
ROAD cars, locomotives, fire engines, pumps,
Stoves clocks, fresh vegetables, fresh 1eh.
crude and refined petroleum and paptba.
powder Tor mining purposes, steam engines,
sewing machines and materials of ,he rr;n,.
er's art. Ali of which is as much +, cav tba,
the United States shall admit from Mexico
chiefly products of agriculture of mining ard
oil the forest, and that Mexico shall LET in
chiehy manufactured articles.
Inc great standard crop of Mexico Is In.
dian corn, which, with beans, constitutes the
chlef food CT the laborlng classes, whc,t
coming next and sugar cane s,andipe third
ON the list. Sugar Is produced in every
state on land under 1000 feet elevation, and
tue annual production is placed at 154, $40
oo' pounds, valued at $S,7Gl, 9l7. But lit.
Tie sugar has ever been exported on account
Vi Inc great cost Of Transportation, ana, in.
ueeu' the same cause has rendered it impos.
SIDE 10 supply the home demand In many
parts ci lie country, prices ruling a, from
TWO to four Times New York figures Nov
leo is coffee producing country, the crop
reaching au aggregate OF II, 555, 1856 pounds
valued at So, 060. 3S2 Coal is found in laryr
quantities, and the country is rich in miner.
al resources Of all sorts, ranking second
among The nations of the world in the pro.
ductlon OF silver, and fourth in the total of
Soiu and silver, being only riyalled bv the
United States, Australia and Russia. The
between Mexico and the United
states has hitherto been small. Our expor,s
OF merchandise to that country for wears did
not reach total of ss,OO0,OOO, although
they have jumped to double that amount
since 1880. The imports have been growing
slowly and steadily, until they now average |
ABOUT $S,oOo,OOO year. Under the new
treaty trade will undoubtedly largely increase
especially as the first of the trunk lines
resigned TO connect the two countries will
DC opened Tor traffic In few weeks, and
"ithin Two years it is probable that three or
our other lines, with their branches, will
'aVe been so far advanced as to place all the
more Important cities and towns of Mexico
close communication with the United
states.
Mexico has, it appears from an elsb.
'rae report on the commercial relations
u the United States with that country
ecenlly prepared by Mr. Joseph Nimmo
r. Chief of the Bureau Of Statistics
area of 74l,70l square miles-au
rea equal to that OF all the United States east
the Mississippi river. excluding Wisoon.