The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-20

uf2EfEre4 articles wh1Cn 56e Ln1t<2
states coaBd vel supply. bet which.
unfortunately. zfe Is allowing other
nafsoas 20 furnish We are yearly inn
porting from Mexsro and Central
America msglscsss Of dollars worth Of
their products. and. while oar exports
10 those countries are increazsng grad
uaily, they are nothing compared with
what ought - be- Supplied ~ the
thonsands Of mile, shoyss and Factories
throughout the Tnson.
The vaIue 0f the merchandise I'm
ported into the Tinted States from
Mexico was Last year almost double
she vssae OK car export 20 that cours-
sry. Mexico shipped 70 ms nserciian-
s.ise 70 the value 81 81. - -. while
our exports 80 Mexico OF both foreign
and domestic goods we're valued 40
only 50 sEE.sT2 This statistics of our
trade with Central America are
equally Disappointing. We received
from these states products 10 the
value Of S. ,6Szs .as7s, and in return sent
them foreign and domestic merriam
disc valued only at 81 - $50. The
balance Is ON the wrong side. for NE
are the great producing country, and
can supply ten articles Of commerce
~heTe the nations referred 70 can sup
ply bat one.
The products Of Mexico and Central
America are needed by as, consisting
"A they DO OF mahogany, ebony, Bra
zlIwood, rosewood ard dyewood, India
rubber. coffee and Indigo. But in re-
turn for these imports there are q
thousand ard one articles which our
Southern neighbors require and which
ought TO be supplied from the United
states. Their manufactures are not
at present numerous. and we could
easily. with benefit 10 ourselves and
profit 10 the importing countries, send
them agricultural implements, drugs,
manufactured metal articles, textile
fabrics, furs. manufactures Of iron and
steel. leather good, oil and nanufae-
tured wooden articles.
At present this trade, which Is GER
tain % become IT immense import
ance. Is practically i. the hands of
Great Britain. She has made a bid
for IL. has opened communications
with the small republics by means OF
sirst-elass steamships and is reaping the
profit that may result from such a
commerce. 0ne-third OF the foreign
trade OF Mexico Is with Great Britain.
one-half of that of San Salvador and
nearly all of that OF Costa Rica Is with
the same power. and the bulk OF that
OF Honduras. Nicaragua and Guate-
mala flows In the same channel. Like
the trade with South America il seems
to be ignored by the United States,
notwithstanding the fact that it nat
urally belongs 10 the latter country
and would. If once acquired and care
fully attended to. become Of great im-
portance and vast monetary value.
II the appointment of committee
10 examine into the trade relations be-
tween the United States, Mexico and
Central America is q move which will
result In opening the eyes of the peo-
pie 20 the necessity OF cultiyat-
ing q closer business friend
ship with those nations, it
should be heartily endorsed and the
committee urged 20 begin work with
out delay. Ii should endeayor to
show that our people are anxious to
have more extensive commercial deal
iBgs with our continental neighbors
and convince our own people that a
great field is open To- them in which
they may dispose OF the varied com
/ Hodities OF the United States. Al-
ready the trade has been too long neg
lected but. IL the committee labors
industriousiy, its work may result in
presenting the situation in its true
light to our people and be the means
Of inaugurating a large and healthy
exchange Of each nations staple pro-
ducts and manufactured articles.