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110 published and signed by the leading American business men and bankers, I have given in the appendix of this book. The prospectus declared:

"It is proposed to establish a purely commercial and non-political organisation, which will foment the friendly trade relations between Mexico and the United States."

Among the benefits to be derived from such an organisation were cited these:

"Increase of the market in Mexico for American goods of all kinds.

"Increase of export of Mexican products to the United States and encouragement of production in Mexico by enlisting capital and creating new markets or improving present ones through better methods.

"The establishment of a much-needed bureau of business information about Mexico, its resources, opportunities and impediments, for the benefit of Americans in the United States who wish such information but at present cannot get it from reliable sources."

Instead of being a secret report, as in the case of the German Bericht to Berlin, the American report was published and widely circulated. No mention is made of military operations, intervention, and so on, and the object of the chamber will be as beneficial to Mexico as to the United States. That is the Great Divide between American enterprise in Mexico and German intrigue. The object of the one is to develop honest business; the