The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-21
RECIPROCITY WITH MEXICO.
The Trade Relations That Should Exist
Between theTwo Friendly Republics.
The United States the Gamer by the Reel
prOcity Treaty-Ex-Mayor Grubbs's Views
on the Important Question.
Correspondence of tho Indianapolis sOurnal.

articles, but in agricultural products as well, is
the cause of the stringent times and the de-
preston of trade which have prevailed in the
United States for the past two or more years.
1t is certainly apparent that the rapid growth of
the manufacturing interests of the country and
the marvellous increase in the productions of her
soil have been more than sufficient to supply the
demand for homo consumption. and to bring
about stagnaton in all her markets. The
farmers and manufacturers are sadly in need of
more extended field in which to dispose of their
products and their merchandise and until some
new markets are secured there seems to
be no hope of relief for these interests. If
other avenues of trade are not speedily opened
they will be driven to the alternative of closing
their factories, thereby bringing distress to
thousands of laborers, or to reduce their working
force or working hours, and thus lose large
margin of profit which invested capital should
at all times be producing.
The best practical solution or partial solution.
of the difficulty in which the people Of the United
States now involved. is the opening of trade
with Mexico, a trade which rightfully belongs to
our people by virtue of the proximity of the two
nations, and for the reason that American goods
and machinery of various kinds are peculiarly
adapted to the needs of this people, and would
be largely purchased if once offered on favorable
terms But the immense duty now imposed upon
almost every article known to commerce which
crosses the border into Mexico is almost prohib
itory. This people are standing in the footprints
of their ancestors hundred years removed, and
the country makes slow progress because of be-
ing thus-in a commercial sense-shut out from
all the world.
For more than two years treaty has been
pending between the two republics whereby, to
q limited extent. this enormous tax might be
taken off number of articles which are export
ed by each country. The Mexican government
has taken all the action necessary its part to
place this treaty in force, but the Congress of
the United States has thus far stubbornly ig
nored the whole matter and persstently refused
to make the treaty operative by necessary legis-
lation. The treaty in question is reciprocal" in
its provisions, each country agreeing that GER
tain articles shall be admitted free from one to
the other. Our people generally should know
just what Mexico has offered in the way of open
ing up her territory to burdened manufact-
urers and farmers, and also be advised of what
she asks in return. The space occupied in your
columns will be we'll employed in giving the in
closed list of articles proposed to be placed on
the free list by each country. 1t will be appar-
ent to every unprecedented reader that if the ar
rangemept is ever perfected the United States
will get the best of the bargain.
Mexican products to be admitted, free Of duty,
into the United States Palm or coacoanut OIL
living animals for breeding purposes, indigo,
quicksilver, sugar. whenever the color does not
exceed No 16 Dutch standard; Coffee shrmps
and all kinds of shell fish, beef, barley, not
pearl, leather straps, raw or untanned hides ex-
cepting sheep skins with the wool raw angora
skins without wool, and asses skins; esparto
grass and other grasses or pulps which may
serve for paper making; natural flowers of all
kinds, fresh fruits of all kinds, such as oranges
lemons pineapples, lines, bananas, mangoes,
ETC.; henequen or ssal fiber, hemp, and any sub
stance that may be used for the same purpose as
hemp; eggs, manufactured rubber and the
juice of the tree which yields it; istle or tam
pico fibre, jalap. rough lumber and ship timber,
orchilla, dyewood cherries, nuts, and any vege-
table which may serve to dye or be used in COM
binaton with other substances for that purpose;
unmanu factured straw, untanned goat skins,
Unframed hides, tobacco in the leaf unmanufac-
tured, fresh vegetables of all kinds crude sarsa-
parlla.
Products of the United States to be admitted
free OF duty into MeXico Accordeons and har-
monicans, telegraph wire, ETC., and iron wire for
cording. barbed wire for fencing. plows and
pillow shares, hoes, spades ard their handles
asbestos for roofing, oats, quicksilver, sulphur
barsteel iron stoves, pumps, hydraulic cement
complete houses of wood or iron, knives without
sheathes, scythes, sickles, rakes, spades, picks
and foes for agriculture, water tubes of all
kinds, materials and dimensions, coal of all
kinds, wire cords belts, carts and wagons
with springs, handcarts and wheelbarrows
coaches and cars for railways. crucibles of all
kinds and sizes, knives for cutting cane, stages
and road carriages of all kinds. dynamite, slaves
and heads for barrels, fresh fruits,
guano, ice, iron or steel rails for
railways hyposulphate of soda, scientific
instruments, tools of iron, steel, brass wood, or
composed of these materials, for artisans all kinds
of brick tirewood, printed books, bound or un-
bound; locomotives, faucets, marble in slabs for
paving steam engines, sewing machines, ma
chinery and apparatus of all kinds for manufact
uring. agriculture, mining, the sciences and arts
and their loose parts and pieces for REPAIRS
masts and anchors for vessels, wick and fuse for
mines, precious metals, in dust or bars; molds
and patterns for the arts, United States gold
and silver money, naptha, roofing -paper, dry
fodder and straw fresh fish. window blinds.
photographic stones, plants and seeds, pens of
any metal except gold and silver. crude
petroleum: coaloil or petroleum and
it's products for illumination, roofing
and paving slate. powder for mines,
clocks, oats for beasts, sausages bags for ex-
pOftoGiOh VI 4ucAlCdu pFouucLs, LItcS anu OLueE
roofing materials printing lux, types spaces,
rules and other printing materials, rags for paper
making. fresh vegetables, iron beams, anvils
The great opposition to this treaty in our Con
gress has come from the sugar and tobacco pro-
ducers. whose representatives in that body have
thus far succeeded in defeating legislation. And
just here it may be we'll to say that there is a
vast amount of moonshine in the sugar interests
of our country. Protection has thus far failed,
and will forever fail to make it healthy and
prosperous industry there. . The soil and climate
are against successful and profitable produc-
ton of sugar, and as far as the interests of the
planters are concerned-and, for that matter
the interests of the entire country-it would be
well that every cane would rot to the core, and
the land be cultivated for crops to which it is
naturally adapted.
To show that the opposition to this treaty with
Mexico is based upon an erroneous impression as
to the sugar and tobacco product of that coun-