El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-18
Industrial and
Commercial.

laSI year,
Over 25O,O pounds of butter from
United States dairies was used in Mex
leo last year. Cheese, 150. 900 pounds.
Elk.
The United States bought 81. 383.-
1913 worth of sisal from Mexico in 1898,
against "a, ITO, 1872 in 1897, and q, $780,
936 in 1896.
H. r. Field of the Lutcher and
Moore Lutcher company of Orange,
with a Pensacola barge line to deliver
4, 600, 900 feet of lum Der to Havana or
Matanzas at IS per thousand feet.-Ex.
It is a good sign that Mexican
capitalists are beginning to invest
their money in Industries that develop
the land Mexican capital has always
been overconservative, and for that
reason the real development of the
country has fallen upon foreign capital.
Two Republics.
j.. J. Mays of Birds Chapel, fifteen
miles southwest of Ennis, says that
town is springing, up at
sidences have been built, q
general merchandise store has been es-
tablished and parties are negotiating to
put up q corn and wheat mill at the
place.-Dallas News.
r. J. Randall, of Shreveport, is in
Marshall. Mr.. Randall has with him
the plans of q mammoth hotel to be
constructed at HinsOn springs, the es-
timated cost of which is S24 600. The
building will be completed by July 1.
Many prominent citizens of north
Louisiana and east Texas are interest
ed in the enterprise. News.
There arrived in Tampico from New
York per steamer Matanzas of the
Ward line, 300 Cinnamon for laborers
for the Central railroad on the noun
tom division. These are the second
lot that have arrived from Hong Kong
for the Central within the past three
weeks. AS soon as the gang planks
were let down the whole of the 300
men were put into box cars and hust-
led out of town on q special for RascOn
statiOn.-San Antonio Express.
There is probably no more econo-
mically governed country in the world
population of three million people, in a
very small area, spends more than
ninety million dollars gold year for
municipal government. Mexico, na-
tiOn with four times as many people,
an army and foreign relations, is gov
erned for little more than fifty mill
ions silver q year, or about one fourth
as much in gold as New York City
Modern Mexico.
Gen. G. Andrade, the Mexican con-
sui, has sold 100, 600 acres of land
twelve miles south of Yuma and bound
ed by the Colorado river and the Mex
lean line on the east and south, re-
spectively, to the Oslifornis Irriga-
ton company, of which L. h. Heber,
3 New York capitalist. is president, |
and G. r. lockwood, also of New
York, is vice president. This sets on
loot one of the largest irrigation and
colonization schemes ever tried in Ari-
,ons and California. The plan is to
.eclaim the Salton Desert.-Tucson
Citizen.
The efforts that British merchants
ire making in securing a greater share
# Mexico's important trade this sea-
on are beginning to have some effect
n the expectation of certain articles
rom here. That the trade which is
,eing taken will hereafter be held by
hose English agents row in Mexico is
doubtful according to local merchants
Interested in Mexican business. The
dexican importers, principally in the
apital and Veracruz, have. it is said,
ecently given orders to English ex-
Orters and manufacturers on account
t the advantageous terms they have
ffered. The prices for the merchant
Sc which the English agents have cold
ave been similar to those
f this country, but nat
rally some Mexican importers are
q xious to try the extended terms Of
cred. 1t Is claimed, however, that
he business loss has been in the ma
ufactured iron line. In machinery
nd railroad material the orders ar
wing here are as large as ever. The
british merchants are at q disadvan- :
Ige in trying to comdete in Mexico
usiness on account of freights, and it :
claimed that their efforts will not be
In the question of public
ork or government contracts the
ritish contractors are keeping their
I'd up. The contract for the construc-
on of the new harbor work at Vera
'uz, which was given to Pearson & Co
derable progress and the port is be-
Zning to reap the advantages of the
approved accommodate for shipping,
be new hsrbor comprises an area of
0 acres the greater part of which has .
w been rendered safe for vessels.
ne northwest breakwater is all but
tie southeast breakwater is
lished to about high-water level, and
g northeastern wall is approaching
mpletion, the total length of the
rec breakwaters being two miles.
bout three-of a mile of wharf has y
en- completed and steel jetty 600
,t long and 70 feet wide is available
deep draft vessels to discharge
cir cargoes.-New York Journal OF
mmerce. IT
We have saved many doctor bills l.
ice we began using Cham berlain's
ugh Remedy in our home. We keep
bottle open all the time and when
er any OF NV family or myself begin