. Facts and figures about Mexico and her great railroad, the Mexican Central . and by expenses for transportation. Much of this high-classleather, if not all of it, can be manufactured here as well as inEurope, and certainly much cheaper. A well-equipped tanneryin Mexico could hardly fail to be very profitable. The home pro-ducer would add to his profits the larger part of the extra expensesabove mentioned, and still be able to undersell the foreign would also have the advantage of cheap labor, paid for insilver, while the manufacturer in other countries is obliged toemploy high-pri
. Facts and figures about Mexico and her great railroad, the Mexican Central . and by expenses for transportation. Much of this high-classleather, if not all of it, can be manufactured here as well as inEurope, and certainly much cheaper. A well-equipped tanneryin Mexico could hardly fail to be very profitable. The home pro-ducer would add to his profits the larger part of the extra expensesabove mentioned, and still be able to undersell the foreign would also have the advantage of cheap labor, paid for insilver, while the manufacturer in other countries is obliged toemploy high-priced labor, paid for in gold. Those who are now engaged in tanning in Mexico, as a rule, pro-duce only an inferior quality of leather, because their limited capitalcompels them to hurry the hides through the tanning process. ^ ANAIGRE is a species of dock, the root of which yields a^-> valuable tannic acid. It is extensively cultivated in someparts of the United States, particularly in Texas. Strange torelate, in Mexico, where it grows wild, it is an almost negl
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