San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15

have the European brands on
them. The only American goods
that were imported in those days
were, flour, crushed sugar and to-
bacco. The whole trade of the
country was in the hands of the
English, French, Germans and
the Spainards. But it is not so
now.
In September 1882, the Mexican
National Railroad was opened for
traffic in this city. With it came
many Americans. They embark
ed in various enterprises. They
imported American machinery
and American goods, so that with
in two years there was not
a city or town along the line Of
the railroad but what you could
find, Americans in business and
American goods for sale in them.
The Americans are slowly but
surely getting strong foothold
in this country.
They are becoming very popu-
lar with the natives, as they are
more progressive, and were doing
more towards developing the re-
sources of the country than the
Europeans who came direct to this
country from Europe.
The Americans are destained
in the near future to drive the
Europeans and their goods out of
business in Mexico.
But a great change has taken
place in this country the past
three years. The first set back
that the Americans received was
when Grover Cleveland was
nominated by the democratic
party for president in 1892.
AS Mexico is the greatest silver
producing country in the world,
and she does business on a silver
bases, she was the first of all the
Spanish American Republics to
feel the blighting effects of his
nomination and election.
From the day that he was nomi-
mated until he was inaugurated
silver commenced to depriacte
and go down until it fell nearly
fifty per cent.
AS the Americans have more
money interested in this country
than all other nationalities, they
have lost more money on account
of his election than from all of
them combined. Notwithstanding
all that, no thanks to Cleveland
they are making more money now
in this country than they ever did,
simply from the fact that the
dividens that they receive from
their investments, in place Of send
ing them to the tates, they rein
vest the money in this country.
In 1892, about two.thirds Of the
Americans in this country were
democrats, and favored Cleveland's
election, but they are not now and
they don't want any more Cleve-
land in theirs. When they ascer-
tanned that the Europeans con-
rtibuted money for his election,
they decided that they did-not
support him in the interest OF the
American people nor the Mexicans
either.
In proportion as the silver de-
preciated so did importations
from the United States decrease.
AS the Mexican dollars have
the same purchasing power in
this country that they ever had
the Americans and Mexicans did
not propose to send to the United
States for goods and pay two OF
their dollars for one dollars worth
of American goods. No business
man would do 1t. Hence 1t follows
that the American manufacturers
and merchants have lost hundreds
of millions of dollars on account of
Cleveland's election.
But that Is not all. After he
steps down and out, it will take
many years of hard labor before the
American manufacturers and mer-
chants Will be able to overcome
the amount of damage that he
has done their business in this
country. Up to the time that he
called the extra session of congress
for the repeal of the Sherman sill
yer bill you could daily meet the
American drummers in this coun-
try and they never failed to take
large orders for goods home with
them. But since then their smil-
ing face and hearty shake of their
hands are not seen nor felt in this
country any more.
They could not receive any or
ders in this country now if they
did come. So much for Cleveland
ism.