Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-22

states named. with a proposed termi-
nus at the port of Los Angeles.
I'VE desire to call to the attention of
the Los Angeles business men
! Through your committed a few facts
which they possibly know. but do not
fully realize, just what this country
that we are opening up is able to fur
nish to our country, while we in turn
can provide them with our various
manufactured commodities, such as
machinery and supplies of all kinds.
Presents Tonnage Figures
Here are the few figures showing
the tonnage that 1t is setimated that
our railroad will handle per year
(based only on a mileage of $40 miles).
You can judge for yourself the amount
of this tonnage that can be handled
through your port. These figures are
based on Mexican government reports.
Agricultural products ........,... 254.s72
Forest products .+..''.''....'..'. l62'9o0
Hides. wool. etc, including imports S2,672
518,794
"These figures do not include ores
and bullion.
You, of course, know that the i'm
ports and exports with Mexico for the
year ending June, 1909. were: Imports,
47712, PA; exports, 49,793,32 Ending
December 81, 1909: Imports, 52,000G00;
exports $4,000, 900.
Now our figures are all on coast
business; we have not mentioned what
the interior business might be if gone
after.
Now, permit me to give you an
idea of a few of the things this Mex
lean country can supply us: Cotton,
tobacco, sugor, rubber, lumber, includ-
ing hardwoods live stock of all kinds,
II 1saya TanC TAiT
apples coffee, cocoa and cocoa beans,
various fruits and vegetables, etc.
Take the state of Oaxaca-accord-
ing to government records for 1902,
there was reported for tax
"Over 100000 pounds of coffee with
a value of 81 1,O32 600; 100000 bushels
Of corn with a value of S42S3,000; A.
100000 pounds of sugar with value of
$2S5, ,O00 100000 pounds of cotton with
a value OF $6O,00O all this of course
Mexican money
1.-THE Los Angeles merchants could
sell to these people all kinds Of agri-
cultural and mining machinery, agri-
cultural and mining supplies; hard
ware. vehicles, wines and liquors, dry
goods clothing, boots and shoes, hats,
furniture, crockery glassware drugs,
paper, groceries, etc.
To Open Vast Area
There is over 800 miles of country
that will be opened up and developed
by our railroad and steamship lines,
or over 600 acres of land, of
which not more than one-third is now
under cultivation.
IF the trade of this territory passes
through your port, it will mean millions
of dollars (gold) of business for your
city. to say nothing of the interior
business that will be developed later.
L.. Yafa inn n
map Of Mexico that through the states
of Oaxaca, Guerrero, Micheocan and
Colima we are opening up and develop
ing an entirely new country, now with
out any railroad facilities whatever
and our railroad viii no doubt at a
very early date form an important con-
Meeting link, placing Los Angeles in
direct rail and boat connections with
the richest part of Mexico and the
Central American countries
What we desire is the cooperation
and support of the business men of
this city and want them with US SO
that they may command the position
and secure the enormous trade that
will be developed by the opening up of
these four states on the west coast by
our company.
I have other facts and figures here
also a few photos taken in the part of
the country that we are opening up
several taken by myself; and if you
gentlemen desire to go further into the
details of just what is in this country
I will be very glad to go over these
reports with you, either now or later"
Possibilities Are Great
In a recent report to the commission
MIR. Lloyd said;
There are 100000 people in the
states of Colima, Mchoacan, Guerrero
and Oaxaca, through which this rail
road will pass for a distance Of nearly
1000 miles. The possibilities of develop
ment are beyond belief. They produce
coffee, bananas, sugar cane, cocoanuts,
pineapples, timber and fruits of all
kinds.
THE vice consul at Manzanillo has
a cocoanut plantation which he told
me win yield him $15O an acre this
year, and the trees grow without care.
There is a kind Of small cocoanut
that grows wild by the billions, and
that contains eighty-fve per cent pure
oil, from which fine soaps and other
products can be made"