Woman's enterprise., 1922-01-13
MEXICO IMPORTS
NECESSITIES
Exports Decline S4O,OOO,0OO in
Eight Months of 1921 While
Imports Increases Largely.

Imports Increases Largely.
Trade between United States
and Mexico has eclipsed all for
mer recOrds-but it is paid for in
cash, as no credit can be extended
with safety. All business is done
N gold-whether it is paying for
hides and meat, for timber and
Coal, or for corn and other foods.
Mexico is exhausting her gold
reserves for absolute essentials,
while the Government confscates
farms, ranches and many indus
tries for the benefit of the natives.
"A large increase both in the VOL
ume and the total value of exports
from the United States to Mexico
during the eight months ending with
August last, seems somewhat anom-
alous when considered in connection
with the decline in values Of goods
imported by US from Mexico during
the same tife," says the St. Louis
Globe Dispatch.
In an analysis of the figures issued
by the National Association for the
Protection of American Rights in
Mexico, the statefent is fade that the
enormous increase in exports to Mex
leo reflects the paralysis Of that
country's industry, due to the un-
certainty of land owners about their
titles and to business fen about profit
charing laws which are referred to in
Mexico as the strangle laws. A very
large proportion of the goods impor-
ted by Mexico consists simply Of
food and finished necessities of life.
Mexico's exports have been declining
steadily in volume for about two years
during which period her imports have
been rising, sometimes gradually and
sometimes sharply, according to the
number of bolshevik outbreaks, strikes
or revolutions in progress, also ac-
cording to the condition of the Ma.
tional Railways.
Petroleum Only Staple.
The only article which Mexico ex-
ports that does not show both de-
cline in volume and value is petrol
cum. With the item removed, the
exports of the country are negligible.
More than sixty per cent of the rev.
enue of the National Government is
now obtained from taxes on oil. The
only prosperous part of Mexico at
present is the oil fields.
During the first eight months of
last year Mexico's exports declined
forty million dollars compared with
the same period of 1920, while her
imports increased sixty million dol
lars during the same period.
Import Meat and Hides.
The great Mexican cattle ranges
have been swept almost clean of cat
tie so that Mexico is now importing
both meats and hides from the United
States. The uncertainty of conditions
in the outlying sections of the country
and the unsatisfactory railway SER
vice have forced Mexico to buy from
the United States many millions Of
dollars worth Of lumber, although that
country holds some of the greatest
timber reserves on this continent.
In spite Of the fact that our trade
with Mexico has passed far beyond
any proportions ever known in the
days Of Mexico's prosperity and de-
velopment, previous to the revolu-
tions, credit is not advanced to Mex
leo. Trade is carried on in gold. Our
prosperous trade with Mexico, in brief
means that that Nation is exhausting
its gold reserves for the necessities
Of life while the Government confis-
Gates farms and ranches for the bene-
fit Of the Indians, with the result that
corn is being imported from Argen-
tine and Iowa to prevent starvation.
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