Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-14
TIE PROPOSED Few RELATIONS WITH
MEXICO.

The San Francisco CAL, while family ap-
proving The Mexican reciprocity treaty,
showers It at intervals with cold water, az,
by saying thstthe United States by its ratii-
cation will lose 81, 500, 900 of revenue, hut
if the result should be a considerable in
crease in trade, the loss need not be con-
sidered. In other words, " if that thing
turns ont 10 BE- so and so, the other thing
will be thus and thus" Certainly our
contemporary ought, on this subject, TO be
able to face either south or north with
some degree Of positiveness of position. 1t
is not matter for non-committalism. The
united testimony of our official representa-
tives in Mexico ia that our trade with that
country viii bs greatly increased by the
treaty, and that there is no manner of
doubt concerning the benefits of the compact
70 US as & nation of traders. They add
that Germany and England enjoy now by
commercial treaties with Mexico far supe-
Tior advantages to the United States in the
matter of trade. That ia to say, while we
are next door to Mexico, nations four thou.
sand miles distant can supply her to bet
ter advantage than we can, because Of the
foolish customs barrier erected on our
borders,
But, Gays our San Francisco contem.
pcrary, "thore is large railroad interest
in Mexico owned by Americans, which is
interested in the adoption of the treaty,
or anything else that will increase trade
over their lines If it were not for this
interest and its facilities for disseminating
false information the people would have
better opportunities for arriving at cor.
rect estimate of the results of a reciprocity
treaty
No railroad can increase trade over its
lines without bsnefs to the country it car.
ries for from and to. But, irrespective of
the insane prejudice against railroads,
which is sufficient to induce some to de
nonnee the source of all good if tle word
" railroad is spoken IN the same breath,
it ought - be evident that it is not neces.
sar7 to 90 TO railroad companies for the
facts, even if there was proof, which
EheTe is not, that the managers of
these enterprises in Mexico have been
So ehortsighted as to " disseminate
false information relative 70 the matter;
the consular reports, the bureau of
statistics, and the customs returns all afford
Che information needed. While giving
much attention TO this subject for long
time, We confess that we have not seen
solitary statement published by or for any
railroad enterprise on this matter The
railroad literature has been practically
nothing on tins subject It's main discus
sion In tte press has been confined to the
publication of official reports and the crit.
cjsms thereon.
Bet, Gays our contemporary again,
Senior Covarrubas says that Mexico has
commercial treaties with Germany and
Spain which do not give as many adyant-
ages as the one proposed with the United
States lie does not say, however
whether OF not there is clause in these
treaties which requires Mexico to extend
10 these nations respectively the same ad.
vsntages which might thereafter be ex.
tended to any other nation" Suppose
this suPposition to be correct what then
1t does rot constitute any sort of reason
whatever for shutting ourselves out from
the trade Of country destined to be one
OF the richest of either Western Cont.
nent. We fail to see why we should re.
fuse to sell wagons sewing machines,
watches. boots and shoes, or anything else
to Mexico on liberal terms of entry and
permit her compsnsating favors, because
foreign. country will enjoy like opportuni-
ties. It IS mere matter of CONNER
cial competition, in which, if we cannot
maintain our own, it will not be because
of lack of favors granted us. The re-
ciprooity advantage to Mexico, on the
ot1e- hand, does no. and cannot, whatever
our trade, exceed the benefits that will &C
erue to the United States by the treaty
Eetn the sugar interest will take, as we
have recently demonstrated by the figures
of manufacture and production, no serious
harm, and certainly none, to avoid which