Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-31
Trade Of Monterey.

ant monserey, with its 100000 inbab,s-
that nnss store sufficient for treble
s s,", lumber; indeed, by virtue Of ;ts
troll ;S,oh n the large amount of can.
bra, 4 Nv In business, it has long
m M. .ne chlef emporium of trade tor
me- n hnnnse extent of country. includ.
80 oesides its own, considerable nor.
CoaS u the %neighborine States Of
H H!lla, Zacatecas and Tamaulipas.
nn;n. Is inc purchasing and distributing
a avr,l ior all the native products which
nlLpp.s most OF the wants of the lower
taasses' and are numerous and charac.
. "an enough to warrant more than a
passing notice. The sugar of Nueyo
Leon, some I, $500, 900 pounds. aver with
Ihe present almost entirely domestic
market, with half as much more from
t iana!llpas, all put up on the planta-
In;Io.a ~ httle cakes of a pound each
Ip,1onclllos?, wrapped in its own
t I;,, maize for tortillas, a national
ulsh and substitute for bread among
. ~ common people; freioles, - large
ieu oean, peculiar to the country and
1ne OF Its staple productions, by the
ndre OF cart-loads; chile peppers.
announcer National dish par excellence;
nnescal, distilled from the cot
ton wool, wheat and barley from more
temperate Coahuila: also the fine wines
and brandies for which the district of
rarls Is celebrated-all these, with
many other articles too numerous to
mention. seek,a purchaser at Monterey,
IN exchange for the bulky eagle dollars
that here are literally handled by the
'barr'l," two of the huge specie sacks
being sufficient to fill one.
we must not omit to mention the
maguey, yucca. and other fibrous plants
which grow wild and in great profu-
sion all over tie country. They are
manufactured with the most primitive
appliances into cordage and various
kinds of coarse sacking-an industry
yet in its infancy, but which promises
great things for the future. This same
industry further south, particularly in
Yucatan, has developed into an extern
sive business, building railroads, sub
sidizing steamships, and bringing gen.
cral wealth and prosperity to the land.
Even far-away Chihuahua sends her
quota of live stock, hides and skins
across the desert; though silver she has
in abundance, she is lacking in the
productions of her more fruitful sister
states. Here we would mention a Gu
rious instance u the commercial
changes brought about even now by the
advent of the railroads. Many cars of
sugar and other products are being
shipped from Monterey to Chihuahua,
in bond, through the United States.
No better proof could be given of the
delays and vexations incident to OK
cart transportation.
But the foreign trade is the great re-
lance OF Monterey, in which many of
her merchants have grown to wealth
and independence. A few months ago
this IA principally carried on through
the port of Matamoras, by means of
wagon trains and treasure conductas,
but the completion OF the railroad from
Laredo has entirely changed the cours
OF trade. Now everything is shipped
over the Corpus Christi bonded route.
Matamoras hopes to regain her lost su-
premacy through her railroad, now IN
der construction, to Monterey; but that
is for the future to decide.
Dry hides and skins, wool, iXtle, live
stock, lead and specie this last far in
excess Of all others-are among the
principal articles of export; while dry
goods and notions of every description,
hardware, agricultural implements,
and machinery, French wines and
fancy groceries, petroleum, musical
instruments, drugs and medicines in
fact, a little of almost everything
known to commerce is imported, often
Struggled, into the country, and dis
tributed over the interior at exorbitant
prices. Cotton goods, particularly
prints and ~calicoes, which form more
than one-llalf Of the entire imports,
amounting to millions in the aggregate,
are almost entirely of English manu-
facture, brought in bond through our
territory; not but that the American
goods are just as cheap, anlof confess
eddy better quality, but the English
dealers have long held a monopoly OF
the trade, understand the people, their
peculiar ways of credit and doing
business, and the goods required.
This is the great secret OF
their success. and hat of the French,
German, and other foreign merchants
who control the trade of Mexico; they
understand the peculiar wants of their
customers, and humor them according
lv. 'lhis is Just what our own manu-
facturers will have to do before they
can hope to make much Roadway
against their rivals; are they at all
backward in seiz1ng the present oppor-
tunity. Those pioneers of commerce,
the drummcrs are making their appear.
ance in Monterey, and manufacturers
goods are sold there cheaper than to
the jobbers in our w country. Some
few American Misunderstanding
machines, arms and ammunition, fol
instance -have long been IN great dc
mand, and sold at extravaganza prices
Improved agricultural implements are
beginning to be used by the larger pro
prletors, but have to the
strong pre-. udice Of the peasantry, who
render them as Intellectual as possible,
even to breaking or refusing to work
with them.-Frank Il. BroWn, IN Har
per's Magazine.
A Vermont farmers 10y ha!
bought him elf a bicycle, and wishes hi
hadn't. His thrifty father has ntilizee
The thing by making it furnish motive
power for his winnowing-mill: corn
Shelter. and grindstones. This he doe: