V 
1892 
Vic,of 
Colima 
(Colima) 
Mar. 15 
to 
Bfer, 16 
thorn in the guardhouse all night and arrange with idle shipping 
agents to have them passed in the morning* 
I then investigated the matter and find that the state custom 
service requires that a permit be taken out by anyone shipping any 
packages fif.-sm one point to another. This permit being issued at a 
ncrainal cost of about 30 odd cents per 300 pounds, or carga. (Carga 
being a mule load). t 
This permit is issued when the shipper guarantees to pay any 
custom duty there may be on his goods according to the state tariff. 
This is a small tax but it is collected on everything going into 
Colima. 
I desired to get a pair of trousers, but found that I could not 
get any except by having them made so a servant went out from the 
Bctiea Americana where I was at the time and ealled the tailor. The 
latter came and, finding what I desired, went to a store and brought 
me samples of cloth. One of these I chose, paid him the price, and 
he took By measure and agreed to have them done at a certain time. 
Wien one wishes a pair of shoes, it is done in the same way$ the 
shoemaker comes to you and you give him the money necessary to buy 
the material and he measures you and brings your shoes when done, 
and you pay for the work when the article is delivered. 
Cloths of all kinds are expensive here, even the domestic 
cassimeree being not less than $4.00 per yard of 36 inches in local 
coin, or $3.00 in U.S. coin. 
The country is so hampered by local laws, customs duties of 
various kinds (national and inter-state), and a variety of taxes 
that business must be done with little of the ease and facility we 
are accustomed to in the U.S. Everything is cumbersome and requires 
a large amount of red-tape and deliberation. 
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