Show MEXICAN MATTERS it is not very often that we ave have opportunity to refer to our southern neighbor republic mexico its language is foreign to a vast majority of american citizens in customs are uncongenial to ours its re religion ligion is repugnant to the bulk of the people of the united states and most of the information which alie tho aver ngo age newspaper render reader geta of the country wrested from the I Monte are border raids ca cattle atle thefts and skirmishes on an the banks of the rio grande Grandc true the united states came in intimate relationship with mexico once rather intimate what some might calla call a blood relationship but since tho the treaty of guadelupe hidalgo by which undo uncle sam so eagerly increased hia his western ranch I tho the lands of odthe the azteca until of oblate late years thirty five years ago ngo the american spirit of criter enterprise prise made conquest in mexico at the point of the bayonet and the edge of the sword but a change has lifts come over the spirit of brother jonathans dream and he now fights his way with different material his steel teel is not the steel of the saber it is the steel of the railroad and the only flag he lie waves is the flag of tho the switchman his aim is peaceful and arid his means the instruments of industry and aud the engines of manu facture in the second week of september the new railroad between the city of mexico and the tow town of toluca situated at a distance ol 01 ten leagues in the heart of a rich and extensive agricultural reg region i ion was opened with festive ceremonies and popular enthusiasm z this is only one small though strong link in the powerful iron chain which will nut not only tie the states of the Alex mexican ican confederation in in indissoluble bonds of business interests and social interchange but will also serve as a lasting connection between the united states and mexico most of the mexican railroad enterprises ihnot if not the whole have originated with american cape cap ita lists and arc are being executed and successfully consummated can engineers the mexicans Alexi cans as all people of latin race are slow to innovations and dull of comprehension sion of mechanical constructions but once let them get the taste and spirit of it and they will stick to it with tenacity the impetus given by american railroad enterprise to the material ma feril interests and financial status statue of our sister republic can best be learned from a few figures submitted by president gonzalez in his mems message age to t the eleventh mexican Con congress greses lately convened helas ho was glad to state that while during the ten years from 1868 to 1878 the annual revenues of the republic never amounted to moro more than for tho the last year they exceed the sum of without any new contribution contributions this remarkable and gratifying increase is largely due to the railroad enter prisca which in their turn are due to the capital brain and muscle of united states citizens furthermore all the national expenses have been paid up with regularity this year including the subventions to the various railroads amounting to in this year 1000 kilometers of railway have been submitted to the government of mr gonzalez for subvention and there arc are kilometers already in operation of which are of the central and of the mexican national co there is also a considerable augu argumentation in the telegraph lines the government service now extending over miles telephonic exchanges are established in most of the notable cities the capital having subscribers to ita its circuit that all these matters have a de aided bearing on the united states 62 will appear from the single fact that while before the completion of the railways to lar laredo edothe the duties collected on goods introduced to mexico at that point never exceeded these duties for the last fiacan year reached tho the sum of sach such fact facts and figures indeed justify the lope hope that bl mexico exico which bag has struggled for independence and welfare finca e mc the of Sop september 1810 when hidalgo said to the populace follow mel and they all lead ou will soon enter an era of well assured prosperity |