The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-09
COMMERCE WITH MEXICO.
Trade with the United States In
crenSing NenrIN.


The rapid growth Of the trade OF Tho
United States with Mexico is Illustrated
by the following statement from the Brit
. iSh Consul in Mexico. a copy OF which
has just reached the Treasury Bureau OF
. Statistics.
II is very interesting 20 note the fuctu-
atoms in the proportion that each Of IN,
principal countries represents in the tota
. import trade Of Mesico. According &,
T. returns already published. il is seen that
IN the year 1873 the United Kingdom 8
share in this trade represented "a very
. much larger proportion With the adj
vance Of the railways this proportion has
decreased very materially On the other
hand, the proportion of merchandise i'm
ported from or through the United States
has advanced vCry considerably In tho
fiscal year IS72-72 its value represented
% per cent Of the total. while in the year
ended December ~ 1859 this proportion
had risen To 81 per cent.
The value Of the imports from tho
United Kingdom and her colonies in tho
calendar year 1890 was C2.2IIIu. as
against g o.. lIS in 1893 which. though
greater in value, shows a proportion of
only u Per cent rs against lSi4 per cent
IN lss@- The value of the imports from
her colonies shows that India sent over
$1,000, and Australia E6.IZU. while can
ada shows but n value Of $3.50. AL
though lhese figures, il compared with
the statistics published by the Govern
ment Of the Dominion. would show "A diff
ference. 1t must be borne in mind that as
an the imports from Canada have 20
pass through the United States Uhere
being no direct maritime service from
g.-
turns il is more than probable that they
are entered as being Of American pro-
duCtiou.
The imports from the United States OF
America represent a value Of $500, Gl2,
as against $500 OF in 1889 showing an
increase Of % per cent over those Of last
year and an advance from 4s74 10 5ll5
per cent of the total value Of the i'm
ports
The value of the imports from France
in 1859 was 81, 3S3. SC9. as against g. 294 so
in 1883, which shows a still further de-
crease in the proportion they bear 70 the
total value Of the Imports In 1893 their
value represented III per cent, while IN
the present year the proportion is only
l0Iz per cent
An increase Of G253, 467, OF LearIy q per
cent, is visible in the value of the i'm
ports from Germany during the present
year The value is respectively q, % 7s4
IN 1893 and E1i76,6 go in 1900. but n0twith-
standing this advance in value. its poo
portion TO the total is but III per Ger. as
compared with Io2s per cent in 1888
Spain's proportion Of the trade Of Next
co fiuctuates between 4 and 51z per cent
each year. IN 1893 the value Of Spanish
merchandise imported into this country
was E6l92l9, representing So per cent of
the total value Of the imports: while in
the year 1900 the value was E596. le6. and
represents proportion Of but ~ per
cent
The total value from the whole Of Cen
trdl and South America and the West
Indies iCuba) in the year 1850 was only
Gl3s, l9i, or scarcely more than the value
OF The merchandise imported from Italy
alone t&l03,lys)- This Is the more notice
stDlt, as on account OF their proximity 10
this country one would suppose that "A
reader market could be found here for
the produce Of these countries. but the
means Of communication are difficult
most OF the countries having TO send
either 70 New York, Jamaica and even
the United Kingdom, In order 10 find q
means OF conveying their merchandise
to Mexico
In the case Of the imports the connec-
IONS can be made but in order to send
produce OF merchandise from here TO
tAe Southern American Republics on
the Atlantic SeabOard il is. one
may say, Imperative 10 send them to
New YORK, OF the United Kingdom as
Ile ouLy means OF sending them other
wise H. by the Spanish line which some
umes touches "a ports in the West In
dies. '-0 w Oh III
The following table shows the propor-
ton or the imports from each OF the priu-
clpal countries during the past five years: