Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-30
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Mexican Invasion. oE Gar-rrrr1

Quite number of New Haven's leading business men assembled at the office of H. P Hubbard on last Saturday afternoon to talk over the proposed visit to our city of the coming Mexican editors. Mayor Holcomb presided and there was free expression of opinion as to the benefits to be derived from extending the Inequalities of our city to the editorial brotherhood of our sister republic.
 It seems that all along their route of travel our American cities are giving them the right hand of fellowship in the most hearty, not to say sumptuous manner. Press clubs, city councils, chambers of commerce and private business establishments are joining hands to assure their journalistic guests that they are right glad to see them, and that not even the fatted calf shall be spared in the royal welcome that they are to ceive.
 It is felt that, besides assuring these representatives of the Mexican press of our real good will towards them, and in addition to making their excur- sion thoroughly pleasant one to themselves, we have a good deal to gain by satisfying the people of Mexico of our ability to supply the wants of their country with hundreds and thousands of manufactured articles for which they have hitherto depended very largely on Europe especially on Germany and England. Through long series of years the old Eng fish and German houses have been establish ing branches in Mexico. Young men trained specially for the management of such branches have been sent out from the parent hoy do fr study the wants, habits, language and pecu- liar characteristics of the Mexican people Thus they have entrenched themselves, form ed extended relations with Mexican houses, and have largely controlled the business of that country so far as its imports have been concerned. For this reason, while the United States have sent their goods to Mexico by thousands, England and Germany have sent theirs by ten thousands.
 To revolutioniZe this system of foreign trade is work not to be accomplished in a day, nor in a year. A change in favor of American houses can only be accomplished by persistent and wise measures; satisfying the people of Mexico that we can supply large proportion of their demands for manu- factured articles with better products and at lower prices than obtained in their trade with Europe. When we shall have succeed ed in doing this, and when our merchants and manufacturers can extend to the jobbers and retailers Of M6XlcO the same 1aVOraDle terms accorded them by their European cor respondents, then, and not until then, shall we be able to practically monopolize the al ready large and lucrative and rapidly increas- ing trade of Mexico
 The time is hastening on when this trade will be simply enormous, for the railway sys- tenn of Mexico is fast bringing within easy reach all parts of a country one-quarter the size of the United States, with population of about twelve millions, rapidly increasing, and susceptible of sustaining by the products of it's soil as many people 10 the square inch as China or Japan.
 It is therefore eminently wise and proper for our large manufacturing establishments to foster the most friendly relations with the people of our neighbor republic, who as yet have almost no manufacturing facilities and are dependent upon foreign enterprise to sup ply at least ninety per cent. of their wants in this behalf.
 The newspapers represented by the excur- sion in question are the most widely circu- lated and influential to be found in all that country. They largely form and control public sentiment throughout the republic. Their editorial utterances are reproduced far and wide by the provincial press, and then go eehoing and re-echoing back and forth until they reach every nook and corner of the nation.
 How important, then, it is that during this first editorial tour of inspection, this friend ly process of espionage, while the minds and hearts of these visitors are peculiarly open to the lasting imprints of first impressions, the people of the United States improve the gol den opportunity to insure the permanent good will and friendship of those who have it within their power to do either incal- culable good, or an irreparable injury, to the commercial interest of our country. What they write of us during this run of six weeks through the principal cities of the East and middle portions of the Union will be written as if with indelible ink.
 Holding these views, ex-Mayor Lewis, Mayor Holcomb and various other gentlemen at the meeting referred to were emphatic in their expression of desire that the excursion ists should be invited and urged to visit New Haven; that they should be the guests of the city, should be hospitably entertained shown through the great manufacturing con cerns, be given view of the city and it's beautiful environs from the summit of East Rock Park, and should be made to feel that New Haven considers it an honor to extend | to them a cordial welcome. G.