New-York tribune., 1891-05-22

exclusion Of the low-grade ores and tne incLeaee H.
duties on livestock he's been unforsunase san' the
has diverted public attention In Msiic' aH McKuisv
substantial concessions made in the McMlni.eyy ityy
bill TO the fibre and sugar industries; Inc in
States is not credited here with any , =
tentions In the passage OF thau m Wsxcan mir,-
ing Interests. Moreover, the Treasury RepsrS cnr-
ment here is receiving additional revenues IN con-
sequence Of the retaliatory duties, anu naS -; ~
tai is invested ii, great blocks in smelling. works
south of the border Nevertheless Mencan
financiers and economists perceive tnat tne "ts IN
chief engines OF progress In their country, ana S s
retarding the development Of international tIaoc
between the two great silver-producing countries
OF the world. The negotiation OF second Gl Ieci-
procty treaty will be most difficult undertake
ing since the revenue requirements OF Mexico are
very great and It's incomes from customs cannoC
be heavily reduced without O radical change IN
the system of land taxation-something only to pe
accomplished by political revolution. heci.
procty is not, however, so impraclcaDle as IL
seems at the Mexican capital or at the Doroe, E.,
diplomatic relations between the two countries
is an earnest Of success whenever treaty shall De
negotiated this year no political leader or party
in Washington will be prepared to accept tne
responsibility of defeating 1t.
No American can return from Mexico Sithout
being impressed with the results oil tne lsso dec-
ade Of railaay construction, Industrial aeveioP,
passing through an era of social and polltcai
evolution. The organization Of an effective tele-
graph and railway service has promoted Ine
Supreme ends Of peace and stable government.
Political instructions have ceased brlgandage mas
been suppressed and there has been revival
of national pride and public spirit. Presldeno
Diaz Judged by strict standards is military
dictator rather than a constitutional reformer
but he has governed Mexico with an enllghtened
mind, as well as with strong arm. Under MS
administration there has been a rest01tlon OF
financial credit with marked increase in federal
income There has been a vast expansion of
been large expenditures for public works, an
orderly postal service has been organized, ana
railways and telegraphs have been generally In
troduced The political power of the clergy has
been broken up, education has been secularlzed
and brought within the reach of an Impoverished
population, and citizens and foreigners alike have
had security Of life and property such as they have
never before enjoyed. A visitor coming to Mex
leo in search Of the relics of the grossly overraed
Aztec civilization and preoccupied with premoni.
tiOns of picturesque scenery, quaint customs and
Saracenic and Renaissance architecture, finds
country essentially modernized and quickened
with progressive impulses. lmperceptbly his in
terest in Mexico as historic and picturesque land
progressive Mexico that commands his undivided
attention This is O work In which Americans
are destined to have large and increasing share.
Commercial reciprocity between the two great
producing countries is the order of modern
progress Nature intended it when the Rio
Grande was made shallow stream, easily
brdged for railways and the Mexican coasts were
left without harbors for the convenience Of COM
merce. i. y. (.