This made goods cheaper on the American than on the Mexican side of the boundary between the two countries. This circumstance produced the condition of things referred to by Mr. Blaine in his letter to the Secretary of the Treasury. which Ihave read. which either "led to emigration from Mexico into Texas. or compelled the Mexicans to engage in contraband traffic." And this enabled the Mexican authorities to take advantage of our laws. authorizingthe transportation of goods through our customhouses. and over our territory into Iilexico. to establish their Free Zone. and to admit such goods into it free of duty. while goods so transported into other parts of Mexico were required to pay import duty to the Mexican Government. And this enables the Mexicans in the Free Zone to sell goods which pay no import dues cheaper than citizens of the United States who had to pay import dues could sell like goods. This caused the incease of trade on the Mexican side of the border and its decrease on the side of the United States.
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