The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-12
WANT OUR HORSES
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO BUY
KANSAS HORSES

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO BUY
KANSAS HORSES
Six Hundred Horses to be Furnished by the
Wichita Horse and Mule Market to be
Used by the Mexican Government for
Cavalry Purposes-aorses to be Ad-
mitted Free of Duty-President Diaz and
Cabinet Also Amend the Present Tariff
Schedule which will Admit Kansas Pro-
duce, Heretofore Kept Out by Tariff.
Wichita is looking up new market
for the stock of this section Of the coun-
try The present low price of horses
and the extreme high price for the same
kind of stock at the City Of Mexico has
been a. fact well known to stock men
but heretofore the high tariff has acted
as a barrier against the stock men Of
Wichita reaching this market
On Sept /. President Diaz Of Mexico
Instructed his secretary of the interior,
Senior Lenoria. to replenish the govern
ment cavalry with horses between If
teen and sixteen hands high. weighing
1000 to LOO pounds each. geldings from
to years of age. Senior Lenoria pub
Iished his bid for horses of this class
and 1t was found that horses of this
character could not De obtained in that
country. and a copy of the advertise
nent was sent to the United States.
The advertisement was received by
the Wichita horse and mule market,
and Harry Hill. president Of the COM
pany. was sent Immediately to Mexico
TO place a bid for the horses desired by
the government
As is well known. the freight between
Wichita and the City of Mexico is $50
per car. but this was not the obstacle
In the way with the Kansas horse
men as was the exhorbitant tariff of $40
per head. aside from the tariff of $40
10 be paid at the gates of the city.
MI Hill secured the assistance of the
officials Of the Santa Fe railroad, who
now have control of the Mexican Cen
trail. and together with A. A. Robinson,
president of the Mexican Central. they
rallied upon United States Minister T.
7. Crittenden and had him to make an
official visit TO President DiaZ and his
"a binet and interecede that for the pres
ent the tariff should be declared off.
In similar manner as Secretary Of
Agriculture Morton OF President Cleve-
lands cabinet had done with reference
20 Mexican cattle.
The proposition was taken under adj
Tisement and on Nov. 4, the Mexican
cabinet by unanimous vote agreed to
admit 500 United States horses free of
duty for cavalry purposes; and also
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stead of the present rate of $40 per head
to be scheduled as follows, until Jan. l,
1897: Brood mares. for breeding pur-
poses. $3.50 to SIS; stations for breed
ing purposes, free; hogs, $500 per head
to the City OF Mexico. instead of $500;
mich cows exclusively for breeding and
dairy purposes. $50.
Thus IL will be seen that an addition
al market will be opened to Kansas
which has heretofore been closed, and
no effort should be lost in utilizing the
new market thus opened to Kansas G
Mr.. Hill in Speaking of his trip to
Mexico said: prices there for what
Kansas has an overabundance are ex-
frenIsly high, but of course are paid in
Mexican silver which IS worth only 50 |
cents on the dollar when brought to the |
United States, where IL is rated at only |
driving horses in the City OF Mexico /
readily command from s1.50O to $4,000. /
There is no single driving in the city |
and all turnouts are extremely gaudy /
and are drawn through the streets at /
a slow gait. In attendance upon each |
you will notice a Mosa, or
Footman, who follows for the purpose /
- opening the carriage door. They /
have no care for speed.a nd hence the |
market is for heavy draft horses and |
rot for speed. This will be the case |
'or many years. as on the 18th of the /
present month Robert Pate. the well |
known h@rseman. will have. the race
track ready for the flyers which are be- |
ing taken across the Rio Grande river |
now for the first time in fifty years free /
IF duty.
People in Kansas can hardly realize
what viii be gained by them by the
present concessions in the tariff between
he United States and Mexico. II is the
latural market for the product Of Kan
as, and ] notice that all the good arti-
les found upon the bills of fare Were
chiefly from Kansas. a large portion
# the -four used in the City of Mexico
5 from Kansas mills.
The only point competing with Wi
'hita for the 600 cavalry horses was st.
louls. and even II this point sOhuld Sc
'ure the contract which 1 do not be-
ieve they viii. Wichita will furnish the
lorsese for the buyers of that place.
lad a talk with the agent of the St.
1ouis horse market. who said that if
lis company would secure the contract
hey would come 10 Kansas for their
Horses. So You see that the new order
Ter viii rebound 10 the interest of Kan
as stockmen. but of course If the di-
'ect contract can be had by the COM
,any il viii increase the price paid for
lorses by saving the freight from Wich-
IA 10 ST. Louis.
Il feel certain that the opening of
he Mexican market 10 the stockmen Of
Kansas will be no small victory. and
when the people Of Mexico once see the
Ldvantage of trading with Kansas. and
he great wall will be torn down never
o be again rebuilt.
II notice that everything that is sold
n the City Of Mexico Is required to pay
tariff. This extends even 10 a dozen
4 eggs and the present trade viii do
much TO continue a permanent trade
etween Kansas and Mexico.
The opening Of the United States
markets 10 the Mexican cattle by the
resent administration has done great
arm to the cattlemen Of the United
tates and has filled the market with in
arior meat"
MADE HIM LOSE Hi MIND.