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Part I: Co-operation and Association 



LATIN AMERICA. 



WlSCEUvANEOUS NEWS. 



MEXICO. 



Association of the Chambers of Commerce and Agricui^ture. — 

 On the initiative of the National Chamber of Commerce at TorTe6n, an 

 Association of the Chambers of Commerce and Agricnltuie of the Republic 

 has recently been foimded a+ Mexico. The effort to give a uniform di- 

 rection to the agriculture and commerce of the country by means of an 

 agreement among the institutions by which the commercial and agricul- 

 tural interests of the various regions are protected and developed must be 

 considered as of considerable importance for the economic future of 

 Mexico. 



The association is based especiall)'^ upon the following principles : 



1. Study, from the highest and most general point of view, of eco- 

 nomic questions, such as irrigation, immigration, export of produce, intro- 

 duction of new kinds of farming, etc. 



2. Participation of all the most important elements of the popul- 

 ation in undertakings of general interest and mutual assistance. 



3. Interchange of ideas and methods, and possibiHty of adopting 

 modern ideas in the whole of the country. It cannot be denied that it is 

 highly important to introduce regularity and uniformity into current 

 usages in relation to commercial transactions, and this will be one of the 

 greatest advantages to be derived from the association. It further contem- 

 plates the grant of bursaries to young men to enable them to study abroad 

 the most modern commercial and agricultural methods, as well as the 

 foundation of first class commercial and agricultural schools, subsidised by 

 all the Chambers of Commerce and Agrictdture. 



4. Study of the best methods of production, circulation and distrib- 

 ution within the country, as well as the best means of supervising export- 

 ation. The question of sea and land communication and tran.sport is of the 



