The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-23

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,
vance since for another treaty with US
But Mexico has no reason 70 be dis
satisfied with her trade with the United
States For the fiscal year ending june
90. 1901, Mexicos total exports were s72,
S41 ,6O6. OF this, the United States tool
S57, 1891, or seventy-nine per cent of al
she sold. OF this amount, 81 1923 66S, OIL
eighty-n per cent, came in free. Only
81. 217,2 33 of her exports TO this country
were dutiable. OF this amount s1,0l659.
were cattle; 1851 ,9S4 were hides; s2.SSs. 81;
lead ore; and all other dutiable imports
from Mexico, S1,365. 1872. In any agree
ment we might make. Mexico would de-
mand concessions on the three articles
above named. Hides were free urdel
| the Mckinley and WiIson-Gorman laws
hut on the demand Of the cattlegrowerS
of Kansas and the west, they were Guiti-
able under the Dingley law. Cattle came
| in at a low rate under the Wilson-GOr
man raw, and Mexican cattle were i'm
ported in great numbers during the years
/ that law was in force. In the fiscal year
| 1897, 27S, 500 cattle came from Mexico into
the United States. Kansas and ether
western states demanded a higher duty
under the Dingley law. They were sue
cessfuI, and only 1888 cattle were i'm
ported from Mexico in the fiscal year
1901 Would the cattle growers of Kan
sas consent to a repeal or the duties on
hides and cattle? Would the lead pro-
ducers of Kansas and Missouri consent
to free lead ores?
Mexico, in the calendar year, 1900. got
eighty-two per cent of her imported
wheat. ninety-two per cent Of hec inn
ported flour and seventy-eight per cent
of her imported butter from the United
States.
of the principal products of Kansas,
Mexico in the calendar year. 1900, i'm
ported s., 81 ,s2S from all the world. ana of
this amount, S2,126, S34, or seventy-one per
cent, came from the United States. All
the rest of the world sold them sS4l $50 of
these products. Even if the farmers of
Kansas alone secured all this additional
trade it would not be especially notice
able. Could they do so?
The vegetable products of Mexico are
in the extreme. owing to the DIVERSE
fed climate It's productiveness is, per-
I =
The soil produces all the cereals and all
the fruits of the United States and Eu-
rope, besides those properly Incident to
the tropics The highlands can produce
all known varieties of wheat and corn.
Mexican wheat is small and hard, and
makes good -four. Samples of this wheat
exhibited at the Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia in 1876 took first prize.
'The percentage of arabic lands in
Mexico is as large as in the United
States. Raising cattle has always been
one of the most important industries in
Mexico Hog-raising is also profitable.
Horses, sheep. goats, etc. are raised
on Mexican ranges for export. Another
industry is the collection and export
of hides and skins. Mexico occupies
fourth rank among the nations in this
particular industry.
1T is quite apparent that with the de-
velopment of Mexico, she will become
more directly a competitor of the Kan
sas farmer rather than furnish him a
market for his products.
IT do not oppose reciprocity with Mex
leo. but only show how difficult it will
be to make an agreement from the fact
that Mexico has so little that we want
that is not already free. and that If we
make an agreement, Mexico will not
give US concessions on agricultural pro-
ducts.
while therefore you can probably &C
complish but little in an effort to secure
reciprocity with Mexico. yet there is q
line in which there is much TO do, and
in which your convention can exert much
influence on congressional action. re-
fer to reciprocity with Cuba
1T IS well understood in Congress and
throughout the country that but little
can be done to advance reciprocity with
out additional legislation. The treaties
made under the Dingley law viii proba-
bly, repose in the Senate uuratihed. The
industries that fear would be injured by
those treaties Will be able to secure the
defeat ratification. The only practical
reciprocal legislation IS that which fixes
the duties. and then authorize the pres
ident TO make agreements with other
countries and lower the duties TO certain
designated rates in return for conces-
sions obtained from other countries. sim
liar TO section OF the DingIey law If
l4tlS SECA4cA were tltAal @ctl 10 llfI4LAt n
greater number of articles. we could
have practical and beneficial reciprocal
agreements with foreign countries that
would greatly advance and promote our
export trade. 1t viii. however. require
additional legislation before this can
be done
Legislation for reciprocal reiatior.s
With cuba Is now being considered BY
Congress. During the past week. the
Committee on Ways and Means has been
giving hearings 10 the Cubans and osher
interested persons who are asking con-
cessions on products coming from thar
island During the present week vse viii
hear those OF our own people who are
opposed 70 such concessions. The con
test IS on. Il VIII be probably be the
most important legislation o. this ses-
SION Of Congress Il VIII eject reci-
proclty legislation In the future. we
went to war with Spain four years ago
in order 10 give Cuba her freedom We
have been il control % affairs n that
island ever since. Under OR supervision
they are about ready 70 establish 2 gov
eminent OF their Own. Congress il
the Platt amendment decided that The
island foreign affairs should remain