Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-22
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CAN4D4, MEXfC0# AND THE
 INVITED 3STA TIES.

sent special commissioner to Mex leo for the ostensible purpose of con ferring with the authorities there about the establishment Of Q closer trade relations between Mexico and Canada. It is supposed that Mex ico needs some of the products of Canada, which might be exchanged more advantageously than they have been in past times for some of the products ef the soil of Mexico, including the precious metals. Can ada is especially desirous of supply ing Mexico with some of the things which she gets from this country, and of obtaing from Mexico some of the things which sine sends to Us. Canada would like to compete with the United States in the Mexican markets. The Canadians think they can build the ships required for Mexico's growing mercantile marine. They believe they can furnish much of the material required for the many Mexican railroads now in course of construction. They say that they can supply Mexico with all the grain which she may require more cheaply than she gets 1t from the United States In the way of return, they can take from Mexico a number of useful articles of mer- chandise which are not raised in the dominion of the "Lady Of the Shows.
 II is not presumption on the part of Canada to desire closer trade re lations with Mexico. Canada has a right to get all the trade she can in any part of the world. She has right to enter into competition with the United States for the trade of Mexico or any other country. She has right to adopt any legitimate means of beating any competitor in any market. Canada is at one end Of North America aud Mexico is at the other end; but that is no reason why Canada should surrender to the country that lies between her self and Mexico. She has ports on the A tlantic from which ships can be sent to Matamoras, and ports cn the Pacific from which they can be sent to Mazaltan and Acapulco. There is snow at Quebec half the year, and there is snow at Popocat- opel all the year around. Let Can ada stretch out her hands.
 Mexico is attracting the interest of many of the trading countries. O. the world at this tine. The volume of Mexican imports and exports in. creases every year. 1t is natural that the trade between Mexico and the United States should be much larger than between her and any other country It is natural that Americans and Mexieans should possess business interests in com mon for they are mex door neigh bors. American capitalists have invested hundreds Of millions in money in Mexico. Americans own millions of acres of Mexican land. Americans built and are building many of the railroads by which Mex ico's development is promoted. Americans have constructed public works and established important factories and mills in Mexico, and are engaged in many an enterprise there. More than a hundred thous- and Americans dwell in Mexico. The two countries live in republican fra ternity. The Mexieans remember welt that wc stoca read eaasls ' te help hel F them to drive from their country the foreign adventurer who set IT an empire in their capital thirty years ago.
 IL is not only to our centiguity with Mexico That we owe our close commercial relations. The two re. publics are bound together by mum 2. 2: esss, erests, hv lnnU aennain. tance, and by mutual esteem. But,