324  Products  of  the  Century  Plants.     {Am  jJuT^02?rm' 
textile  fibres.  Mexican  capitalists  and  industrial  leaders  are  making 
efforts  to  manufacture  more  and  more  of  these  materials  in  Mexico, 
in  order  to  gain  the  profits  from  their  manuracture,  give  employ- 
ment to  a  greater  number  of  their  people,  lessen  the  cost  of  the 
goods,  and  keep  in  Mexico  the  money  that  must  be  paid  for  them. 
The  chief  exports  of  Mexico  are  silver,  henequen,  gold,  coffee,  cattle, 
