The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-24
NOT INTERESTED.
Gen. Grant Disolaims Selfish Motives.
Hts Labors 10 Bring About a Treaty
With MexidO Purely Dis
Interested.

sent the following letter to the Washington
Evening Post, relating to the pending
Mexican treaty:
NEW YORK CRY, JANUARY %, 81.
$50 the Z liior o, the Evening Star: In
your issue OF Saturday, headed The
Mexican Treaty-The Senate Declines to
Ratfy at Present, find the following
paragraph:
''WHY SOME SENATOR'S yorED AGAINST TT.
"A member OF Congress said to Star
reporter To-day, There were some votes.
several OF them at least, los, against the
Mexican treaty in the Senate, foI this
reason. You see Grant and Romero are
partners In Mexico, and they obtained ome
large concessions from that Government in
relation to railroads and steamboats,. Now
Grant Ia the United States Comm ssoner
and Romero the Mexican Commissioner,
and both OF them were exceedingly anx-
ious to have the treaty ratified. II was sus-
pected, and really can't say that ii was
more than suspicion that these two men,
partners in business, had big private inter.
ests in that treaty, that it would aid them
In developing the monopolies they want,
and az no real good could be discovered in
the treaty, nothing potent enough to out.
wel2 h this suspicion. why, several Ssna'
tors whom / know concluded the safest
plan to be to vote against it.
1.-The statement that Grant and Romero
are partners in Mexico and that they have
obtained some large concessions from that
government in relation to steamboat and
IA NIL, III
ton. Mr.. Romero and myself never had
In our lives any pecuDiary transactions or
business transactions Of any kind. Since
the close otour rebellion aud theiexpulsion
OF Macmillan from Mexico there has been
warm sympathy between Romero and
myself. Our views being Co in.
cident as to the re lations that ought to
exist between Mexico and the United
States, We have both devoted much time to
bringing about more intimate relations be-
tween the two republics, and entirely graz
tuitousy on our part. | myself have no
pecunary interest in any improvements
which are taking place In Mexico with Am.
erican capital, but feel great interest in
their success. In the paragraph quoted
above, you say 1T was suspected, and
iCailt ShH say ~ Wts utuIo Suspl'
cion, that these two men, partners in bust.
ness, had big private interests In that
treaty; that it would aid
them in developing mon0polies
they want, etc, As stated above, Mr..
Romero and and myself are not partners in
anything. We have, neither OF us Il Ger.
tainly have not, any more interest in the
ratification Of that treaty than any other
private citizen of my country. l believe
its ratification would bn - u NJ step to-
wards establishing those ealions between
the two contiguous republics which ought
TO exist, and which would be their mutual
advantage. l might say here that In some
argument which | have read in the periodi-
Gals, have seen urged against the treaty
the fact that Cuba was so near Mexico that it
would bean easy matter to sn p their sugar TO
that cOunla ! and reship it from there, thus
evadlng duties. Or course, stringent laws
would be passed to make sucn acts danger.
Gus, But aside from any law, there are
two answers TO thar objection Of the treaty,
either Of which is in itself conclusive as
against that objection. !. Mexico has
higher tariff upon sugar than the United
states, and they have no provision IN their
laws for rebate duties where imported
articles are exported. 3 The conclusive
answer is that 1t is only crude sugar which
is admitted free under the treaty, and the
difference between Cuban raw sugar aud
Mexican raw sugar Is so great
that 1t would not even require an expert to
tell the difference between them by the
feel alone II he was blind folded. |
write this from sick room and by dicta.
ton, aud therefore will not go into the de.
tails | would il able to sit up and write 1t
myself. | might add, however, while |
have spent thousands of dollars OF my own
money and great deal OF time to advance
the Developments OF Mexico by Uuiled
states capital aud by American influence,
have not one dollars in all that's been
done, and no pecuniary interest whatever in
that country, except that am one Of the
subscribers to railroad which lies
wholly TO the south of the&cty
OF Mexico, and the sccc ess Of which isvery
doubtful In these times, when it is so diff
cult to raise capital for any such enter
prses. There is no charter or other mon.
opoly in which have the slightest pecuni
airy interest. My whole interest is in
developing those relations which believe
ought TO exist between the contiguous
countries, and particularly those OF like
institutions, and in the case OF Mexico
think is more important on account of her
undeVeloped resources, which must make
her soon commercial State Of very great
Importance. Very truly yours,
(SIUna6l