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82 can be taxed must move over roads and railways very badly neglected and must rely on banking facilities still sadly inadequate. To this discouraging outlook is to be added the declining price scale of the chief commodities that Mexico sends to foreign markets.

Confronted by such an economic outlook it is not to be wondered at if the Mexican governments fall into believing that the end justifies the means and like a drowning man catch at straws.