Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05

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able list, giving offense to and provoking
retaliatory and harmful legislation by
the Mexicans, suggests an inquiry into
| the condition OF trade between this
country and Mexico. Investigation
shows that it is, or was, In most healthy
and prosperous condition, and would
| continue to grow with unexampled rapid
ity but for the obstruction and mis-
chievous legislation projected by the
party of spoils and plumber.
An era of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is
now in progress in Mexico, thanks to the
progressive rule of President DiaZ. The
republic now has over 5000 miles of rail-
way, where it had few years ago bnt
a single line, that connecting the City o.
Mexico with Vera Cruz. Banks have
multiplied throughout the republic
furnishing the capital necessary to carry
forward the rapidly growing business of
the country. Up to few years ago
banks were unknown, save in the capitaI
city and few of the principal cities of
the interior. In the past decade hun
dreds of millions of European and
American capital have been invested in
banks, railroad building, mining and
the development OF vast agricultural
districts. More miles of railway are now
projected, or under way, than have
already been built. The future of trade
with that country is bound to be
of the utmost Importance to this country.
In the past lustrum it has grown won
derfully and would continue to do so il
not checked by the baleful political
legislation of the party in power with US.
Since 1879 Mexioo's exports has grown
from S29, 900 200 to $50, 900, 900, and her
imports have grown in the same ratio.
In 1888 Mexico received from the United
States imports amounting to S29, 900 900,
or 30 per cent. of all her imports. In the
following year 70 per cent. of all her i'm
ports came from this country. In 1889
the United States took from Mexico
goods amounting to SCI ZOO, 900 and
over, of which nearly 81 900, 200 was sill
yer ore, now about to be shut out alto
gether by Republican craftsmanship.
The principal items of export to Mexico
are machinery locomotives, farming i'm
plements, wood for building purposes,
mining supplies, cotton cloth and live
stock. 1t will be seen that we sell
Mexico little else but manufactured arti-
cles, circumstance that may be well to
remember in connection with Mr..
Blaine's idea of reciprocity. which con-
templates the exchange of our agricul-
tural products only for the natural pro-
ducts of Mexico and South America.
The briefest analysis of the exports to
Mexico shows up the arrant demagoguery
of Blaine's bogus reciprocity. Manu-
factured goods, and not wheat, corn,
oats, barley, potatoes and the like are
what Mexico wants. She now buys her
WOODEN, linen, cotton fabrics and cutlery
from England. Her ready made cloth
ing, wines, jewelrY and fancy goods
from France. These constitute about
one-half of her imports, and should
come in great measure from this coun-
try instead of from Europe.
There are now four lines of railway
penetrating Mexico from the United
States, reaching out to number
OF the most important trade
centers of the republic, ira
verslng and developing the wide areas
of the beet agricultural and mining sec
;ions of the great middle plateau of the
republic. Feeders to these trunk lines
running east and west are being built,
and nothing is wanting to give US great
market in Mexico but common sense
laws. The present course OF the Repub-
lican party seems designed for the pur-
pose of neutralizing the great work OF the
trunk lines of railway built into Mexico.
1t is shameful outrageous and damnable.
It drives the Mexicans into the arms of
the French and English, and raralyzes
both trade and the feeling of good neigh
borship that was growing so rapidly.
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