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pockets. There are peculiar lines of 
cheap prints and cottons made in Europe 
that are sold only on the west coast of 
Mexico, not a yard finding its way to any 
other part of the world. Now, while our 
goods command higher prices, and a great 
deal finds a market there, it does not 
“ exactly fill the bill,” and Americans, 
probably from not knowing the real wants 
of these people, do not manufacture the 
needed articles, and drive foreign stuff 
from the Mexican market. The igno¬ 
rance of our people as to the commercial 
value of Mexico, and especially those 
parts off the principal lines of railway, is 
certainly great, and is losing us money 
now, and a more important influence 
later. Our enormous advantage of con¬ 
tiguity is pressing us forward in spite of 
ourselves, and we ought to sweep nearly 
