Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-02
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C0TTONFR0M
OLD MEXICO
Chamber of Commerce Asks
Mexican Government to
Take Action
WOULD HURT TRADE
Mexicans Declare Cotton
Needed in Mexico But
u. S. Best Market
BY Special Staff Correspondent


CALEXICO, Nov. 2.-Representation'
have been made by the Mexicali Cham
Der of Commerce before the Depart
ment of Fomento, asking that no cot
ton be permitted to be exported from
Mexico.
From Mexico City comes the an
nouncement of the action of the McXi
cali body, in which the following is
set forth:
"The Chamber of Commerce of McXi
cali has addressed the department of
Fomento, calling attention to the pro
priety of imposing restrictive measures
upon the expectation of Mexican cot:
ton, in order that the supply may be
sufficient to satisfy the needs of the
country.
"The cotton men of the National
Valley say that the natural market fol-
the cotton produced, not only in the
National Valley, but in the entire
Peninsula of Lower California, is tn,
United States. by virtue of being near
er the said territory than the industrial
centers of our country. The mean
of communication with the United
States and its industrial ccnters, afforo
greater facilities than with any point IN
Mexico, unless it may be the northern
part of Sonora and all the northern
district of the peninsula, and as in
those places there are no textile factor
les, every producer inevitably tries to
place his product in the neighborine
county of the north.
Propose Lower Freight
'But, they indicate the advisability.
by reducing the railroad freight rates.
of utilizing the cotton of Lower Cali
fornia and that not Il few textile fac.
tories in Mexico can do so with com
plete success, thus obyiating the i'm
portation of the fiber as is now done
by some of the industries, when by
taking advantage of the California
product, everybody would profit in.
Guiding the consumer of textiles, which
would necessarily be purchased at Il
smaller cost than now.
'What the California cotton men de
sire are facilities to enable them tC.
create a market within the country it.
self, now that the cotton crops at La
Laguna are in perspective and that
not very alluring.
"The Secretaria de Agriculture y
Fomento already has the request under
consideration of which we have made
mention.
If the department of Fomento should
recognize the claims of the representa-
tives of the MeXicali Chamber of Com
merce, it will work considerable hard
ship on those Americans who are carry
ing on any quantity of agricultural pur
suits.
American .financiers are operating
hundreds of thousands of acres in Mex
leo, and particularly, in the Northern
District of Lower California. Not 0nly
are they farming these thousands OF
acres, but they are spending millions
in the MeXicali district in the building
of gins, soap factories, soap powde,
factories, railroads, etc, and plans foi
new crops along lines of diversified
farming are being held in abeyance
pending Il solution of the difficulties
which arise to beset these men in THEN
work.
Mexico is becoming more and more
stringent in its rulings us against botl
importation and expectation of stuffs
both of ranch produce aud manufactur
ed goods, and just what effect thes,
rulings will have in the final analysis
of the situation are hard to foretell.