San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-20

think it wise. Something should be
done to retain and develop the Next
| can tlade. 1t is trade knocking at
| our doors for admission and is GER
tainly worthy of our most generous
| consideration. Col. August X.
| Myer, president of the Kansas City
Smelling and Refining company,
says:
II am most heartily in sympathy
with the move you propose, and also
agree with you upon the necessity of
prompt and effective action. While
Missouri is a larger producer of lead
L am fully prepared to state that any
possible damage to AIissouris lead
interests from Mexican ore importa-
lions will be more than dOubly made
up to the people of that state by the
trade with Mexico. The whole thing
resolves itself into fight OH the one
hand of a handful of miners who of
course are entirely justified to do all
they can to enhance their profits, and
on the other nation desiring to do
business in a thousand ways with
an adjoining and friendly nation.
Such meeting as you propose
should be worked up thoroughly
either by the merchants of st. Louis
or by the railroads. L think can
promise cooperation on part, of our
Commercial Club in Kansas City.
Which is our leading commercial
body. / would advise a meeting not,
later, before, say Sep. 26th. Write me
your plans and progress and how L
can be useful.
Mr.. j. Z. Flynn, manager of the
Laredo Improvement Co. of Laredo,
Texas, says:-'I beg to inform you
that 1 heartily favor idea of call
ing a meeting of the manufacturers,
wholesale merchants, railways and |
miners interested IN the development,
of International trade between the
United States and Mexico. The i'm
mense increase in traffic between the
two countries during the past two
years was greatly stimulated by the
exchange of raw ore for the products
of the American manufacturer. There
may be some persons who will think |
it is a good thing for American min
ing interests If any section taken by
the Treasury reduces the importation
from of metals from Mexico,
but the subject, should be differently
regarded. If the Mexican mines are
closed the first certain effects will be
that the freights and smelling profits
will be lost to American railroads |
and refiners. The next effects NAV
be that the expected substitution Of
production will be frustra-
ted by the development, f smelling
works III Mexico. By grasping at
all it is possible to lose something |
which is now possessed and which is |
desirable. Besides these cOnsidera ton |
there is the frontier trade dependent, |
upon mining. Whatever closes Mex |
lean mines injuries American mer-
chants toward the west. The subject |
also merits attention from the stand |
point of the general security OF indi- |
viduals in their established business |
If changes are to be made in law or |
policy to promote one interest when |
another will be injured, the method |
being a development of the policy of
exclusion and repression, there seems |
to be no safeguard against the sacri- |
fee of any mans right to what is al
legged to be for the welfare of larger
though his right be his |
earned property and their alleged |
welfare be their simple greed or COW
Major J. Waldo, traffic manager OF
the NJ. X. & Il. Ry., Sedalia, Mo, says:
81 cannot believe that the United |
States will take any hostile action to-
ward the importation of low grade |
silver lead ores coming from Mexico
free of duty"
Hon. J. J. ingalls,, I. S. senator,
A tchisOn, Kansas, says:
II would say that | am not suffi-
GENTLY informed about the subject of
the admission of silver lea l ores from
Mexico TO express an opinion at this
time. l hope to advise myself more
thoroughly before congress meets, so
that may be able to act intelligently
when the subject comes up for consid
eratiOn.n
Col. J. S. Leeds, traffic manager Of
the Missouri Pacific Ry., says:
81 have no statistics or data at hand
which would enable me to write much
of an article on the question at issue.
| know, of course, it would be seri-
Gus blow to many interests in this
country, if the prevailing idea as re-
CARDS the admission of silver lead
ores into the United States from
Mexico is carried into effect
in fact the benefit would be to very
small district in the state of Colorado
and very materially injure the bal
ance of the country. In fact, it is
my Judgment that such move
would not only cripple the inter-
change of business between the
United States and Mexico, but also
the industry in mining in the United
States to the extent that lead ores
from Mexico enable us to develop the