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170 any country, however rich it might be, it is especially so in Mexico, where there is so much poverty."

Again, the Mexican tariff provides that the effects of immigrants shall be admitted free. "But this," writes an officer of the "Mexican National Railroad Company," "is practically a dead letter, from the fact that interior duties are levied on everything the immigrant has, before he gets settled; and these are so great that no one goes. I've never known but one case go through Laredo.&hellip; A carpenter, or other mechanic, who desires to get employment in Mexico, has such heavy duties levied on his tools on passing the national