Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-20
AMERICAN HORSES FOR MEXICO
Quite - Change In This Item of b
Trade the Two
Countries,

From the New York Sun.
1t used to be said that large numbers OF
cattle were reared In Mexico for the United
States. and fifteen years ago In Northern
Mexico alone. oil all area Of SVo.W square
miles. there were l.j0o.g0 cattle. 100000
goats. 1000. 90 horses and 1.uv.U1 sheep. IN
the year 1880 there were imported into the
United States, many OF them from Mexico.
S.24S horses. on which there was n duty.
OF $50 each and the aggregate value OF
year the number of horses exported from
the United States. chiefly to Europe. was
3.5Nl. valued 1T s1oO..".. "A difference In me
balance of trade of $. asS.a1. Since then.
especially with Mexico. the balance of trade
in horses has changed radically. and now
tho average annual sales of American
horses In Mexico reach $ls'.0 In the fiscal
year ending January !. ISIS. the number Of
horses imported into the United States hau
fallen TO I'M and the number of horses eN-
ported from the United States had risen 10
81. l50. the importation of horses represent.
irg 5000 100 in value and the expectation OF
horses representing Il total in excess oil No.
co.,. 00U.
There has been Of recent years 4 steady
increase in this item of American foreign
and il seems certain TO increase
still further In view of the fact that there
Is throughout the West Indies and i'll many
South American countries 4 dearth Of
horses at n time when the home demand
for American horses has risibly decreased.
Direct communication with Mexico Is cas-
Ter than with any other country to when
horses are sent by the United States ana
there need be no surprise. therefore. dealers
in horses say. II there should be an IN
crease in this item of American commerce
hereafter.
OF $1,000 horses exported from the United
States last year. % 600 We're sent to Great
Britain. nearly $3.50 to Germany. 100 10
other European countries. France except
ed there Is practically no expectation Of
ada. British North America and the K!on-
dixie. l.@O to the West India islands and
Bermuda. and 1850 TO Mexico and Central
America. The value. of the horses sent 70
England was 5000, to Gernlany Sl.9O,Vp.
70 other European countries Si.0.1O. to
Rritish North America sSSa coo. to the West
Indies and Bermuda sl32 :No. and TO Next
co and Central America S1D2. 0OO.
The trade in American horses with South
America can be said only to have begun.
amounting last year to only twenty-one
TO Africa and more than ten times as many
to Asiatic countries. For American horses
there would appear to be an assured mar
ket in the West Indies since the %restora-
Lion OF peace In Cuba. for during the fiscal
year ending July l. 1897. nearly 5000 Amer
lean horses were shipped to these islands.
ana ancr, the decline in the year sucsesdinG is
ton of affairs in Cuba and to the practi-
caily enforced abandonment of agricultural
operations on many parts of the island.
withdrawn from agricultural pursuits for
the requirements of the Cuban cavalry and
some. too. were purchased for the needs
OF the Spanish cavalry: and since the re.
storation of peace in Cuba this demand will
have to be made up by importations from
the United States. But to Mexico as a
lean horses dealers in this country look
chiefly. and by the agricultural census OF
last year 1t was shown that there are now
more horses in Texas than in any other
American state. the total number heing l.
2O.0Oo. Illinois and Iowa follow Texas in
the order named.